■ noun
1》 informal a potato.
2》 a small, narrow spade for cutting the roots of weeds.
3》 a short length of pipe used to connect two plumbing fixtures.
■ verb ( ~s , ~ding , ~ded )
1》 dig up or cut (weeds) with a ~.
2》 make the initial drilling for (an oil well).
Origin
ME (denoting a short knife): of unknown origin.