Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To plow; hence, to mark as if by a plow; write; engrave.
  • In entomology, having longitudinal and parallel furrows which are distinctly defined, with perpendicular margins, and are separated by wide elevated spaces.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To plow up; also, to engrave; to write.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To plough up.
  • verb obsolete To write or engrave.
  • adjective entomology, of a pupa Having the appendages free and not attached to the body wall.

Etymologies

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Latin exaratus, past participle of exarare to plough up, to write; ex out + arare to plough.

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