the act of scratching or making lines on something; or, to scrape or scratch the earth (as hens do) (see Molina); or, a type of sacrifice that involved making furrows or scrapes in the body; it was paired with another type of sacrifice, involving the use of arrows; this was practiced by the Toltecas and the Chichimecas used when they conquered altepetl lords (see attestations) (sixteenth century, Quauhtinchan) Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Güemes, y Luis Reyes García (México: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 145, note 2.
# 1. Persona hace un agujero para alguien que ya esta muerto y lo van a enterrar. “Luis y otros señores le escarban a un niño que se acaba de morir horita.” 2. Gato que saca algo de alguien que ha sembrado algo que se comer y crece rápido. “”