SCOOP (from M. L. Ger. or M. Du. schope, cf. Du. schoep, a bailing

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• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel, Ger. schopfen, and, from M. Du.

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• SCHOPPE, CASPAR (1576-1649)

schoppe, Ger. Schuppe,

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• SHOVEL (O.E. scoff, from root of scufan, to shove, push, cf. Ger. Schaufel, also Schiippe, scoop)
• SHOVEL, SIR CLOUDESLEY [or CLOWDISLEY SHOVELL as he seems to have spelt the name himself] (c. 1650-1707)

shovel)  , properly a utensil or implement for ladling or bailing out water or liquid from a vessel, and so used of the bucket of a water-wheel or of a dredger; in its most usual sense the word is applied to a small kind of shovel with a short handle and a sharply curved blade, often covered in towards the handle end, and used for the moving and lifting of loose materials or for cutting out a rounded piece from any substance . In journalistic slang, originally American, a " scoop ". is an exclusive piece of information obtained by a newspaper .