| Spad | n. (Mining) A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Spadassin | ‖n. [ F., fr. It. spadaccino a swordsman, from spada a sword. ] A bravo; a bully; a duelist. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Spaddle | n. A little spade. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Spade | v. t. |
| Spade | n. [ AS. spaed; spada; akin to D. spade, G. spaten, Icel. spaði, Dan. & Sw. spade, L. spatha a spatula, a broad two-edged sword, a spathe, Gr. “Let spades be trumps!” she said. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Spade | n. [ Cf. Spay, n. ] |
| Spadebone | n. Shoulder blade. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Spadefish | n. (Zool.) An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; -- called also |
| Spadefoot | n. (Zool.) Any species of burrowing toads of the genus |
| Spadeful | n.; |
| spade | (n) a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it, Example: she led a low spade; spades were trumps |
| spade | (n) a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot |
| spade | (v) dig (up) with a spade, Example: I spade compost into the flower beds |
| spade bit | (n) a thin bit with a center point and cutting edges on either side |
| spade casino | (n) a form of casino in which spades have the value of one point |
| spadefish | (n) deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters, Syn. angelfish, Chaetodipterus faber |
| spadefoot | (n) a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot, Syn. spadefoot toad |
| spade-shaped | (adj) shaped in the form of a spade, Syn. spade-like |
| spadework | (n) dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking |
| spadix | (n) the fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe |