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noun

a heavy, flat-bladed, long-handled tool used for digging by pressing the metal blade into the ground with the foot
any of several tools resembling a spade
a part of the trail of a gun carriage which digs into the ground, so as to brace the gun during recoil

transitive verb, intransitive verb spaded, spading

to dig or cut with or as with a spade

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spadeful noun
spader noun

noun

any of a suit of playing cards marked with black figures shaped like this: ♠
this suit of cards
Slang black (): term of contempt and prejudice

transitive verb spaded, spading

Dialectal spay

See spade in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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