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trowel bayonet
(gcide) | 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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Trowel bayonet
(gcide) | Trowel \Trow"el\, n. [OE. truel, OF. truele, F. truelle, LL.
truella, L. trulla, dim. of trua a ladle; probably akin to
Gr. ? a stirrer, ladle, G. quirl a stirrer, MHG. twirel, OHG.
dwiril, Icel. [thorn]vara, AS. [thorn]wiril. Cf. Twirl.]
1. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and
breaking bricks to shape them.
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2. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking
up plants, stirring the earth, etc.
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3. (Founding) A tool used for smoothing a mold.
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Trowel bayonet. See Spade bayonet, under Spade.
Fish trowel. See Fish slice, under Fish.
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Trowel bayonet
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]Trowel \Trow"el\, n. [OE. truel, OF. truele, F. truelle, LL.
truella, L. trulla, dim. of trua a ladle; probably akin to
Gr. ? a stirrer, ladle, G. quirl a stirrer, MHG. twirel, OHG.
dwiril, Icel. [thorn]vara, AS. [thorn]wiril. Cf. Twirl.]
1. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and
breaking bricks to shape them.
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2. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking
up plants, stirring the earth, etc.
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3. (Founding) A tool used for smoothing a mold.
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Trowel bayonet. See Spade bayonet, under Spade.
Fish trowel. See Fish slice, under Fish.
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