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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shovel  \Shov"el\,  n.  [OE.  shovele,  schovele  AS  scoft,  sceoft 
  akin  to  D.  schoffel  G.  schaufel  OHG.  sc?vala,  Dan.  skovl, 
  Sw  skofvel  skyffel  and  to  E.  shove.  [root]160.  See 
  {Shove},  v.  t.] 
  An  implement  consisting  of  a  broad  scoop,  or  more  or  less 
  hollow  blade,  with  a  handle,  used  for  lifting  and  throwing 
  earth,  coal,  grain,  or  other  loose  substances. 
 
  {Shovel  hat},  a  broad-brimmed  hat,  turned  up  at  the  sides, 
  and  projecting  in  front  like  a  shovel,  --  worn  by  some 
  clergy  of  the  English  Church.  [Colloq.] 
 
  {Shovelspur}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  flat,  horny  process  on  the  tarsus 
  of  some  toads,  --  used  in  burrowing. 
 
  {Steam  shovel},  a  machine  with  a  scoop  or  scoops,  operated  by 
  a  steam  engine,  for  excavating  earth,  as  in  making  railway 
  cuttings. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shovel  \Shov"el\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shoveled}or  {Shovelled}; 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Shoveling}  or  {Shovelling}.] 
  1.  To  take  up  and  throw  with  a  shovel;  as  to  shovel  earth 
  into  a  heap,  or  into  a  cart,  or  out  of  a  pit. 
 
  2.  To  gather  up  as  with  a  shovel. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shovel 
  n  1:  a  tool  for  lifting  loose  material  consisting  of  a  curved 
  container  or  scoop  and  a  handle 
  2:  the  quantity  a  shovel  can  hold  [syn:  {shovelful},  {spadeful}] 
  3:  a  small  tool  for  scooping  coals  or  ashes  in  a  fireplace 
  4:  a  machine  for  excavating  [syn:  {power  shovel},  {excavator}, 
  {digger}] 
  v  :  dig  with  or  as  if  with  a  shovel;  "shovel  sand";  "he 
  shovelled  in  the  backyard  all  afternoon  long" 




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