Definition of shovel

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Shovel (v. t.) An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances..

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Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny..
Whinyard :: Whinyard (n.) The shoveler.
Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; -- called also shuffleboard.
Shoveling :: Shoveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shove.
Tramble :: Tramble (v. t.) To wash, as tin ore, with a shovel in a frame fitted for the purpose..
Slice :: Slice (v. t.) A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel..
Shovel-nosed :: Shovel-nosed (a.) Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler..
Van :: Van (n.) A shovel used in cleansing ore.
Dustpan :: Dustpan (n.) A shovel-like utensil for conveying away dust brushed from the floor.
Shoveler :: Shoveler (n.) One who, or that which, shovels..
Shovegroat :: Shovegroat (n.) The same as Shovelboard.
Shovelnose :: Shovelnose (n.) The common sand shark. See under Snad.
Shovelnose :: Shovelnose (n.) A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil..
Shoveled :: Shoveled (imp. & p. p.) of Shove.
Mollebart :: Mollebart (n.) An agricultural implement used in Flanders, consisting of a kind of large shovel drawn by a horse and guided by a man..
Slidegroat :: Slidegroat (n.) The game of shovelboard.
Shovelling :: Shovelling () of Shove.
Shovelbill :: Shovelbill (n.) The shoveler.
Spade :: Spade (n.) 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..
Van :: Van (v. t.) To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel..
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