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Definition of 'Spade'

From: GCIDE

Spade \Spade\, n. [Cf. Spay, n.]
1. (Zool.) A hart or stag three years old. [Written also spaid, spayade.] [1913 Webster]
2. [Cf. L. spado.] A castrated man or beast. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Spade \Spade\, n. [AS. spaed; spada; akin to D. spade, G. spaten, Icel. spa[eth]i, Dan. & Sw. spade, L. spatha a spatula, a broad two-edged sword, a spathe, Gr. spa`qh. Cf. Epaulet, Spade at cards, Spathe, Spatula.]
1. 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. "With spade and pickax armed." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
2. [Sp. espada, literally, a sword; -- so caused because these cards among the Spanish bear the figure of a sword. Sp. espada is fr. L. spatha, Gr. spa`qh. See the Etymology above.] One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade. [1913 Webster]
"Let spades be trumps!" she said. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
3. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale. [1913 Webster]
Spade bayonet, a bayonet with a broad blade which may be used digging; -- called also trowel bayonet.
Spade handle (Mach.), the forked end of a connecting rod in which a pin is held at both ends. See Illust. of {Knuckle joint}, under Knuckle. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Spade \Spade\ (sp[=a]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Spading.] To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade. [1913 Webster]

Name :

Spade, TX -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Texas

Population (2000) :

100

Housing Units (2000) :

49

Land area (2000) :

1.959316 sq. miles (5.074604 sq. km)

Water area (2000) :

0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000) :

1.959316 sq. miles (5.074604 sq. km)

FIPS code :

69380

Located within :

Texas (TX), FIPS 48

Location :

33.918381 N, 102.149654 W

Note :

some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.