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单词 swine rooting
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swine rooting
swine rooting n. originally Scottish (now rare) (a) the action of a pig digging with its snout in search of food; (b) a trench, hole, etc., made by a pig digging with its snout in search of food; cf. swine wroting n. (obsolete).
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1575 in D. Balfour Oppress. 16th Cent. Orkney & Zetland (1859) 4 The..oppression committed by Lord Robert Stuart..in making ane law in swyne roitting, whilk will extend to the sum of fifteen hundreth dollars in ane year.
1602 in Shetland Sheriff Court Bk. (1954) I. 62 Nicole Scott for swyne ruittingis xl s.
1771 in Chambers's Jrnl. (1891) 12 Dec. 828/1 To two days filling in the swine rootings and cleaning the roads in several places three shillings.
2006 Amer. Midland Naturalist 156 173 Most gastropods, some midges and some riffle beetles..were more abundant at sites adjacent to active swine rooting.
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