Sentence:  The recorded cases in which the constituents of the joint were removed at different times, and those also in which the bones or portions of the bones were <WSD>gouged</WSD> away, do not by any means afford satisfactory results. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.