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God of Day Drive every darksome
If, thousand-rayed, the God of Day Drive every darksome cloud away?
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

gouge out dig delve excavate dent
V. be concave &c. adj.; retire, cave in. render concave &c. adj.; depress, hollow; scoop, scoop out; gouge, gouge out, dig, delve, excavate, dent, dint, mine, sap, undermine, burrow, tunnel, stave in.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

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