Definition of Spader

1. n. One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.

Definition of Spader

1. Noun. One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spader

1. one that spades [n -S] - See also: spades

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spader

spadeas
spadebone
spadebones
spaded
spadefish
spadefishes
spadefoot
spadefoot toad
spadefoots
spadeful
spadefuls
spadeless
spadelike
spademan
spademen
spader (current term)
spaders
spades
spadesful
spadetail
spadewise
spadework
spadeworks
spadger
spadgers
spadiceous
spadices
spadicose
spadille
spadilles

Literary usage of Spader

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Alaska by Edward Henry Harriman, Clinton Hart Merriam (1901)
"Long Mountain, near Unalaska 91 Drawn by WE spader from photograph by WB ... Eskimo alongside ship in Umiaks, Port Clarence 103 Drawn by spader from ..."

2. Reports of Practice Cases, Determined in the Courts of the State of New York by Austin Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott (1872)
"That Hicks had delivered the receipt taken from spader, to the defendant, ... That Taylor then demanded the flour from spader, and was refused, ..."

3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1904)
"spader, and the presiding judge of the court, in delivering the ruling opinion in ... spader, the learned member of the court of errors who delivered the ..."

4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"spader (U 8.) 7 Fed. Cas. 321. BRICK BUILDING. Where, on account of a settling of one of the walls of a brick building, it was found necessary to replace a ..."

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