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Webster 1913 Edition
Spade
1.
(Zool.)
A hart or stag three years old.
[Written also
spaid
, spayade
.] 2.
[Cf. L.
spado
.] A castrated man or beast.
Spade
,Noun.
1.
An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel.
“With spade and pickax armed.” Milton.
2.
[Sp.
espada
, literally, a sword; – so caused because these cards among the Spanish bear the figure of a sword. Sp. espada
is fr. L. spatha
, Gr. σπάθη
. See the Etymology above.] One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.
“Let
spades
be trumps!” she said. Pope.
3.
A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
Spade bayonet
, a bayonet with a broad blade which may be used digging; – called also
– trowel bayonet
. Spade handle
(Mach.)
, the forked end of a connecting rod in which a pin is held at both ends. See Illust. of
Knuckle joint
, under Knuckle
.Spade
(spād)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Spaded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spading
.] To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spade
SPADE
,Noun.
1.
An instrument for digging, consisting of a broad palm with a handle.2.
A suit of cards.3.
A deer three years old; written also spaid.4.
A gelded beast. [L. spado.]