spade
Speech parts
1. spade - Noun
2. spade - Verb
3. Spade - Proper noun
Meaning
A hart or stag three years old.
A castrated man or beast.
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.
One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.
To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.
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The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
What capital I give for the spade merely replaces what the manufacturer had already invested in the expectation that the spade would be needed.
If I have exhausted the justifications, I have reached bedrock and my spade is turned. Then I am inclined to say: "This is simply what I do."
The lazy man who goes to borrow a spade says, "I hope I will not find one.”.
Do not waste your time looking for soft ground to drive your spade in.
He expects to find water at the first stroke of the spade.