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(), n.[Cf. Spay, n.] 1. (Zol.) A hart or stag three years old. [Written also spaid, spayade.] 2. [Cf. L. spado.] A castrated man or beast. Spade n.[AS. spd; spada; akin to D. spade, G. spaten, Icel. spai, Dan. & Sw. spade, L. spatha a spatula, a broad two-edged sword, a spathe, Gr. spa°qh. Cf. Epaulet, Spade at cards, Spathe, Spatula.] 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. spa°qh. 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 Spade (), v. 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. スポンサード リンク
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