Lewis Short
fossĭo (noun F) : fodio
* A digging (rare but class.): recenti fossione terram fumare calentem,Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25; Col. 11, 2, 41; Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 247.—In plur.: quid fossiones agri repastinationesque proferam?Cic. de Sen. 15, 53.
* Transf., a ditch, Vitr. 8, 1, 5.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary