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[syn: nigger, nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra]
VERB (1)
1. dig (up) with a spade;
- Example: "I spade compost into the flower beds"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spade \Spade\ (sp[=a]d), 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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spade \Spade\, n. [Cf. Spay, n.]
1. (Zool.) A hart or stag three years old. [Written also
spaid, spayade.]
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2. [Cf. L. spado.] A castrated man or beast.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spade \Spade\, n. [AS. spaed; spada; akin to D. spade, G.
spaten, Icel. spa[eth]i, 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.
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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.
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"Let spades be trumps!" she said. --Pope.
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3. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spade
n 1: a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black
figures on it; "she led a low spade"; "spades were trumps"
2: a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with
the foot
3: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person;
"only a Black can call another Black a nigga" [syn: nigger,
nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra]
v 1: dig (up) with a spade; "I spade compost into the flower
beds"
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
SPADE
Specification Processing And Dependency Extraction.
Specification language. G.S. Boddy, ICL Mainframes Div,
FLAG/UD/3DR.003