| a pointed or spatulate wooden stick, sometimes having a stone weight or crossbar attached and used in primitive societies for loosening the ground to extract buried wild plant foods and for tilling the soil. |
| dig·ging stick (dĭg'ĭng) n. Anthropology A rudimentary digging implement consisting of a pointed stick, sometimes with an attached stone or crossbar, used to loosen and till the soil and to extract plant foods. |