5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spade  \Spade\,  n.  [AS.  sp[ae]d;  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. 
 
  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  {Knuckle}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spade  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spade  \Spade\,  n.  [Cf.  {Spay},  n.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  hart  or  stag  three  years  old  [Written  also 
  {spaid},  {spayade}.] 
 
  2.  [Cf.  L.  spado.]  A  castrated  man  or  beast. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spade 
  n  1:  a  playing  card  in  the  major  suit  of  spades 
  2:  a  sturdy  hand  shovel  that  can  be  pushed  into  the  earth  with 
  the  foot 
  3:  ethnic  slur;  offensive  name  for  Black  person  [syn:  {nigger}, 
  {coon},  {jigaboo},  {nigra}] 
  v  :  dig  up  with  a  spade;  "I  spade  compost  into  the  flower 
  beds" 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  SPADE 
 
  Specification  Processing  And  Dependency  Extraction. 
  Specification  language.  G.S.  Boddy,  ICL  Mainframes  Div, 
  FLAG/UD/3DR.003 
 
 

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