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 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.
Shovel-nosed :: Shovel-nosed (a.) Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler..
Shovelbill :: Shovelbill (n.) The shoveler.
Shoveling :: Shoveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shove.
Shovelard :: Shovelard (n.) Shoveler.
Shovelhead :: Shovelhead (n.) A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonnet shark..
Tramble :: Tramble (v. t.) To wash, as tin ore, with a shovel in a frame fitted for the purpose..
Swaddler :: Swaddlebill (n.) The shoveler.
Shovelnose :: Shovelnose (n.) The common sand shark. See under Snad.
Shovel :: Shovel (v. t.) To gather up as with a shovel.
Vanning :: Vanning (n.) A process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a vanner..
Strode :: Strockle (n.) A shovel with a turned-up edge, for frit, sand, etc..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine..
Shuffleboard :: Shuffleboard (n.) See Shovelboard.
Shovegroat :: Shovegroat (n.) The same as Shovelboard.
Shovel :: Shovel (v. t.) To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit..
Whinyard :: Whinyard (n.) The shoveler.
Van :: Van (n.) A shovel used in cleansing ore.
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling..
Shoveled :: Shoveled (imp. & p. p.) of Shove.
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