v. Obs. rare–1. [f. L. exfodi- stem of exfodĕre (effodĕre) to dig out or up (f. ex- out + fodĕre to dig) + -ATE3.] trans. To dig out.

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a. 1860.  ‘Used somewhere by H. H. Wilson’ (F. Hall).

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  Hence Exfodiated ppl. a. Exfodiation, the action or process of digging out; in quot. fig.

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1795.  Hull Advertiser, 24 Oct., 4/3. The women carefully wash the … exfodiated clay.

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1823.  [R. L. Sheil], in New Monthly Mag., VII. 124. It was necessary that he should attain the light by a long process of exfodiation [printed exfodation].

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