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trowel bayonet
Spade Spade, n. [AS. sp[ae]d; spada; akin to D. spade, G. spaten, Icel. spa[eth]i, Dan. & Sw. spade, L. spatha a spatula, a broad two-edged sword, a spathe, Gr. spa`qh. Cf. Epaulet, Spade at cards, Spathe, Spatula.] 1. 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. ``With spade and pickax armed.' --Milton. 2. [Sp. espada, literally, a sword; -- so caused because these cards among the Spanish bear the figure of a sword. Sp. espada is fr. L. spatha, Gr. spa`qh. See the Etymology above.] One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade. ``Let spades be trumps!' she said. --Pope. 3. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale. Spade bayonet, a bayonet with a broad blade which may be used digging; -- called also trowel bayonet. Spade handle (Mach.), the forked end of a connecting rod in which a pin is held at both ends. See Illust. of Knuckle joint, under Knuckle.
Troweled
Troweled Trow"eled Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint. [Written also trowelled.]
Trowelful
Trowelful Trow"el*ful, n.; pl. Trowelfuls. As much as a trowel will hold; enough to fill a trowel.
Trowelfuls
Trowelful Trow"el*ful, n.; pl. Trowelfuls. As much as a trowel will hold; enough to fill a trowel.
trowelled
Troweled Trow"eled Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint. [Written also trowelled.]

Meaning of Trowel from wikipedia

- material. Common varieties include the masonry trowel, garden trowel, and float trowel. A power trowel is a much larger gasoline or electrically powered...
- A power trowel (also known as a "power float" and "troweling machine") is a piece of light construction equipment used by construction companies and contractors...
- following is a list of the more common masonry trowels: Brick trowel: or mason's trowel is a point-nosed trowel for spreading mortar on bricks or concrete...
- trowel is an excavation implement used by archaeologists around the globe. Manufactured by the Marshalltown Company of Marshalltown, Iowa, the trowel...
- Trowel is an academic journal published by postgraduate students at the School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Ireland. It was first published...
- the trowel bayonet, intended for individual soldiers as both a weapon and an entrenching tool. This was followed by the development of separate trowel and...
- TrowelBlazers is a project aimed at increasing the representation of women in the fields of archaeology, geology and palaeontology. The project is run...
- From this bucket he hangs his trowel or trowels and places into it various tools. Normally a plasterer has one trowel for "laying on" (the process of...
- kunai) is a ****anese tool thought to be originally derived from the masonry trowel. The two widely recognized kinds are the short kunai (小苦無 shō-kunai) and...
- in a variety of designs including the straight dibber, T-handled dibber, trowel dibber, and L-shaped dibber. The dibber was first recorded in Roman times...