delve
1. delve \'delv\ vb [ME delven, fr. OE delfan; akin to OHG telban to dig] archaic : EXCAVATE 1: to dig or labor with a spade 2: to seek laboriously for information - delv.er n 2. delve n archaic : CAVE, HOLLOW
Webster's English Dictionary1. delve \'delv\ vb [ME delven, fr. OE delfan; akin to OHG telban to dig] archaic : EXCAVATE 1: to dig or labor with a spade 2: to seek laboriously for information - delv.er n 2. delve n archaic : CAVE, HOLLOW