(1):

(v. t.) To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.

(2):

(n.) A hart or stag three years old.

(3):

(n.) A castrated man or beast.

(4):

(n.) 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.

(5):

(n.) One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.

(6):

(n.) A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.