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spud

1. a narrow-bladed spade for cutting roots, digging up weeds, etc.

2. a tool, resembling a chisel, for removing bark from trees

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spud [spəd]

(design engineering)

A diamond-point drill bit.

An offset type of fishing tool used to clear a space around tools stuck in a borehole.

Any of various spade- or chisel-shaped tools or mechanical devices.

(engineering)

grouser

(mining engineering)

A nail, resembling a horseshoe nail, with a hole in the head, driven into mine timbering or into a wooden plug inserted in the rock to mark a surveying station.

(naval architecture)

A foot piece to provide support for the legs of the A frame of a floating dipper dredge.

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spud

1. A sharp narrow bar or spade used for removing gravel and roofing from a roof.

2. A dowel which is in the foot of a doorpost.

3. A short pipe which serves as a connection in a piping system.