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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 (O.E. scoff, from See also:
ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
root of scufan, to shove, push, cf. Ger. Schaufel, also Schiippe, See also:
SCOOP (from M. L. Ger. or M. Du. schope, cf. Du. schoep, a bailing vessel, Ger. schopfen, and, from M. Du. schoppe, Ger. Schuppe, shovel)
scoop) , an See also:

IMPLEMENT (Lat. implementum, a filling up, from implere, to fill)

implement or See also:

TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool, consisting of a broad See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat blade with edges or sides turned up fixed to a wooden handle terminating in a See also:

BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow like a See also:

SPADE

spade . It is used for lifting or removing such loose substances as See also:

COAL

coal, See also:

GRAVEL, or PEBBLE BEDS

gravel and the like .

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