Shovel-nosed

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• Nosed

  ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Nose>>. II. Nosed ·adj Having a nose, or such a nose; — chieflay used in compos...

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• Shovel

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

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• 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 pe...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• shovel

  A copper implement for removing a cartridge from a gun without injuring it. Formerly used, and as la...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Bottle-nosed

  ·adj Having the nose bottle-shaped, or large at the end. ...

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• Hook-nosed

  ·adj Having a hooked or aquiline nose. ...

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• Leaf-nosed

  ·noun Having a leaflike membrane on the nose; — said of certain bats, ·esp. of the genera Phyllosto...

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• Snub-nosed

  ·adj Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the snub-nosed eel. ...

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• Tube-nosed

  ·adj Belonging to the Tubinares. II. Tube-nosed ·adj Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of h...

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• 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

• bottle-nosed whale

  See bottle-nose ...

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• 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.