prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity, old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough
to dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed), to carve; to cut, to study meticulously, stingy; miserly, to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)