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rootle

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rootle [ˈruːtəl]
vb
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (intr) Brit another word for root2
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Verb1.rootle - dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles"
cut into, delve, dig, turn over - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"


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I just finished re-reading every bit of scholarship about boy theater companies that my graduate assistant could rootle out of the stacks, due diligence for a book chapter surveying our critical past.
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