scooped

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Scoop \Scoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scooping.] [OE. scopen. See Scoop, n.]

1.To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out. [1913 Webster]

He scooped the water from the crystal flood.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry. [1913 Webster]

3.To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation. [1913 Webster]

Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint.— Arbuthnot.[1913 Webster]
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