(1):
(v. t.) To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.
(2):
(n.) A hart or stag three years old.
(3):
(n.) A castrated man or beast.
(4):
(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.
(5):
(n.) One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.
(6):
(n.) A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.