SPADE

noun a castrated man or beast.

2. spade ·noun a hart or stag three years old.

3. spade ·noun a cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.

4. spade ·vt to dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.

5. spade ·noun one of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.

6. spade ·noun 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.