v. rare. [ad. L. excavāre: see EXCAVATE. Cf. F. excaver.] † a. trans. To scoop or hollow out (obs.). b. absol. To carry on excavations (rare.)
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, I. 1 b, marg. Some bones are smal, but notably excaued, as of the fingers.
1623–6. in Cockeram.
1884. Trans. Victoria Inst., 243. In some of which sites we have been allowed to excave.
