Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
AS. spæd,; spada,; akin to D. spade, G. spaten, Icel. spaði, Dan. & Sw. spade, L. spatha, a spatula, a broad two-edged sword, a spathe, Gr. spa`qh. Cf. Epaulet Spade at cards, Spathe Spatula
In literature:
With Yeager I led the way to the clump, followed by my men carrying spades and shovels.
"The Pirate of Panama" by William MacLeod Raine
After walking for some time Daimur, who was carrying the old spade, set it down suddenly.
"The Enchanted Island" by Fannie Louise Apjohn
The bid of two Spades shows exactly four Spades and the same high-card holding which justifies doubling one Spade.
"Auction of To-day" by Milton C. Work
That weapon is the spade.
"To My Younger Brethren" by Handley C. G. Moule
The last spade used is very narrow, and tapers rapidly, so as to form a narrow wedge-shaped cavity for the bottom of the trench.
"Farm drainage" by Henry Flagg French
It was moonlight, so they all three went out with spades and picks to the road.
"Taking Tales" by W.H.G. Kingston
We pried the door open far enough to hand out the spade.
"The Blue Birds' Winter Nest" by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
An' ev'y las' one got a lil fahm so lil you can't plow her; got dig her up wid a spade.
"Bonaventure" by George Washington Cable
He snatched the loaded rifle which one of the soldiers had exchanged for a spade and fired.
"The Hour and the Man" by Harriet Martineau
You saw him get a spade and take the pot.
"Card Trick" by Walter Bupp AKA Randall Garrett
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In poetry:
Father, the coals are dying,
See! I have heated the spade,
Let me throw the door wide open,
I will not be afraid.
"A Mystery Play" by Duncan Campbell Scott
The sympathetic pair agreed,
To form a grave without a spade;
Bury their fawn beneath a tree,
And chaunt a requiem to his shade.
"The Stag" by William Hayley
The earth shook with laughter
as the spades tickled its side
and gleamed so pretty with
so many forgotten flowers
from those final cadillac brides
"On The Day They Birthed My Mother..." by Miguel Pinero
Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task,
Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well
Rest on a friendly knee, intent to ask
The tale he loves to tell.
"Dedication for The Hunting Of The Snark" by Lewis Carroll
There was a Young Lady of Hull,
Who was chased by a virulent bull;
But she seized on a spade,
And called out, 'Who's afraid?'
Which distracted that virulent bull.
"Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Hull" by Edward Lear
"Oh; love, if e'er this desert plain,
Where I must sweat with axe and spade,
Shall hold a people sprung from twain,
Or better made by Him, who made
That pair in vain.
"Mount Arafa" by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
In news:
Friday November 9, 2012 Posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago by Jack Spade.
Kate Spade, Little Richard, Ralph Fiennes and other celebrities will light the candles as they turn the big 5-0, 60, 70 or 80.
Jack Spade Launches Men's Apparel.
Kate Spade's Husband Cuts Her Hair While She Sleeps.
Sharpen Spade Bits and More.
My first stop for NYFW was backstage at Kate Spade .
While the acting of most daytime TV performers is mildly painful, Spade 's humor fits him like a second skin.
Love the Saturday morning Show Spade Cooley and Bob Wills music are the best.
Brad Goreski has been named Kate Spade 's new exclusive brand stylist, indicating that it may actually be a "Brad, Brad World".
But now stylist-designers Emily Current and Meritt Elliott are teaming up with Kate Spade 's Deborah Lloyd for a capsule collection of handbags and leather goods.
David Spade has reached into his pocket to make a charitable donation of $200,000 to the American Red Cross for disaster relief.
Handbag designer Kate Spade is accessorizing the dining room.
Watch David Spade on TV.
Talk about David Spade .
How to tie the Fancy Spade (the Jackson Hybrid) Fish: Steelhead Flypattern(s): Fancy Spade (Jackson Hybrid).
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In science:
For convenience, we use a slightly modified tree Tn which has spades attached to the leaves of the original tree (see Figure 3).
Sampling of min-entropy relative to quantum knowledge
For a path αn ∈ [m]n from the root to a spade (i.e., leaf ), we define the weight vρ (αn ) of the path αn as the sum of the values on the edges along this path.
Sampling of min-entropy relative to quantum knowledge
The tree Tj has depth j + 1, with spades sitting on the j + 1-st level.
Sampling of min-entropy relative to quantum knowledge
The SPADE programming language for stream processing is based on this principle .
Open Data: Reverse Engineering and Maintenance Perspective
Suppose the ace of spades is on the bottom of a deck of n cards.
Riffle shuffles of a deck with repeated cards
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