shovel

To be put to bed with a shovel; to be buried. He or she was fed with a fire-shovel; a saying of a person with a large mouth.

Shovel
·vt To gather up as with a shovel. II. Shovel ·vt To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
shovel
A copper implement for removing a cartridge from a gun without injuring it. Formerly used, and as la...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Shovel-nosed
·adj Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Shovel Court
West out of Wood Street at No.123, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Elmes, 1831). First mention: Strype,...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
fire shovel
He or she when young, was fed with a fire shovel; a saying of persons with wide mouths. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
shovel-nose
n. a New South Wales species ofRay-fish, Rhinobatus bougainvillei, Cuv.; called alsothe Blind Shark...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
ballast-shovel
A peculiar square and spoon-pointed iron shovel. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Shovel Alley, St. Katherlne's
North out of Great Garden Street (P.C. 1732-Lockie, 1810). Removed for the formation of the St. Kat...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.