- (n.) A hart or stag three years old.
- (n.) One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.
- (n.) A castrated man or beast.
- (n.) A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "Spade" 28 May 2011. Web. 25 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/spade/definitions/2064346> |