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Definition of Shovels
1. shovel [v] - See also: shovel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shovels
Literary usage of Shovels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Earthwork and Its Cost: A Handbook of Earth Excavation by Halbert Powers Gillette (1920)
"There are so many different designs of power shovels in use that it is extremely
... Traction shovels mounted on broad-tired wheels or caterpillar treads, ..."
2. Earthwork and Its Cost: A Handbook of Earth Excavation by Halbert Powers Gillette (1920)
"Traction shovels mounted on broad-tired wheels or caterpillar treads, ...
Revolving shovels. a. Heavy Stripping shovels carried on two parallel tracks. b. ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"The Application of Electric Motors to shovels BY HW ROGERS, SCHENECTADY, NT (New
York Meeting, February, 19141 THE first steam shovels used in this country ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of the by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Ephraim Williams, Dudley Atkins Tyng, Octavius Pickering, Theron Metcalf, Luther Stearns Cushing, Horace Gray, Charles Allen, Albert Gallatin Browne (1883)
"King. than shovels made by other manufacturers, and bearing different marks; that
the defendant was a manufacturer of shovels at Baynham, and made shovels ..."
5. Good Will, Trade-marks and Unfair Trading by Edward Sidney Rogers (1914)
"For instance, a man invents shovels made wholly of iron. He takes no patent, ...
He sells them as "iron shovels" until he gets the name. ..."
6. Good Will, Trade-marks and Unfair Trading by Edward Sidney Rogers (1914)
"For instance, a man invents shovels made wholly of iron. He takes no patent, ...
He sells them as "iron shovels" until he gets the name. ..."