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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bur·row, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burrowed p. pr. & vb. n. Burrowing.]
 1. To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.
 2. To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide.
    Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow in another.   --Burke.
 Burrowing owl Zool., a small owl of the western part of North America (Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in holes, often in company with the prairie dog.