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spade¹

1. a tool for digging, typically consisting of a flat rectangular steel blade attached to a long wooden handle

2. 

a. an object or part resembling a spade in shape

b. (as modifier): a spade beard

3. a type of oar blade that is comparatively broad and short

4. a cutting tool for stripping the blubber from a whale or skin from a carcass

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spade²

a. the black symbol on a playing card resembling a heart-shaped leaf with a stem

b. a card with one or more of these symbols or (when pl.) the suit of cards so marked, usually the highest ranking of the four

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spade [spād]

(design engineering)

A shovellike implement with a flat oblong blade; used for turning soil by pushing against the blade with the foot.

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SPADE - Specification Processing And Dependency Extraction. Specification language. G.S. Boddy, ICL Mainframes Div, FLAG/UD/3DR.003