verb/eskaɾˈbaɾ/
to paw, scratch, scrape, dig (the ground); to clean, pick (one's teeth, ears, nose); to poke (a fire); to dig about; poke about
Inherited from Old Spanish escarvar, from Latin scarīfāre, from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι (skariphâsthai), from σκάριφος (skáriphos, “writing, drawing, sketching”). Cognate with English scarify, Galician escarvar.