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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 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 spade [spād] (design engineering) A shovellike implement with a flat oblong blade; used for turning soil by pushing against the blade with the foot. spade A tool for digging and cutting the ground, having a rather thick blade, usually nearly flat, so formed that its terminal edge may be pressed into the ground with one foot while the handle is grasped.
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No references found | The traditional method of fertilizing was to use only horse dung and to empty a spadeful into a hole between every four vines, doing it in rotation so that each vine benefited from fertilizer once every three years. Great ideas and gardening know-how will be on offer by the spadeful at this year's TEES VALLEY GARDEN SHOW, which runs from tomorrow until Monday at Stockton's Preston Park. The start of the building work will be marked by the removal of a ceremonial first spadeful of earth by the young people involved in the project. |
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