| spade | 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." 2. 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. 4. <machinery> Spade handle, the forked end of a connecting rod in which a pin is held at both ends. 5. <zoology> A hart or stag three years old. Alternative forms: spaid, spayade. Origin: AS. Spaed; spada; akin to D. Spade, G. Spaten, Icel. Spathi, Dan. & Sw. Spade, L. Spatha a spatula, a broad two-edged sword, a spathe, Gr. Spaqh. Cf. Epaulet, Spade at cards, Spathe, Spatula. (17 Mar 1998) |
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| spade fingers | The course, thick finger's of acromegaly or myxoedema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spade hand | The coarse, thick, square hand of acromegaly or myxoedema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spadefish | <marine biology> An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts. Synonym: angel fish, moonfish, and porgy. (17 Mar 1998) |
| spadefoot | <zoology> Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, especially. S. Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States. Synonym: spade toad. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |