1. die schaufelförmigen Geweihe älterer Elche u. Damhirsche; 2. die langen Oberstoßfedern des Schwanzes beim Auerhahn.
ETYM Old Eng. blade, blad, AS. blaed leaf; akin to OS., Dutch, Dan., and Swed. blad, Icel. blath, Old High Germ. blat, German blatt, and perh. to Latin folium, Greek phyllon. Related to Blow to blossom, and cf. Foil leaf of metal.
1. A broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue).
2. The part of the skate that slides on the ice.
3. The flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge.
4. Something long and thin resembling a blade of grass.
5. Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water; SYN. vane.
6. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole; SYN. leaf blade.
7. A dashing young man.
8. A cut of beef from the shoulder blade.
ETYM Old Eng. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn. buket tub.
1. An open-topped and roughly cylindrical vessel; SYN. pail.
2. The quantity contained in a bucket; SYN. bucketful.
1. A hollow concave shape made by removing something; SYN. pocket.
2. A large ladle
3. The quantity a scoop will hold; SYN. scoopful.
4. The shovel or bucket of dredge or backhoe; SYN. scoop shovel.
ETYM Old Eng. shovele, schovele, as. scoft, sceoft; akin to Dutch schoffel, German schaufel, Old High Germ. scovala, Dan. skovl, Swed. skofvel, skyffel, and to Eng. shove. Related to Shove.
1. A small tool for scooping coals or ashes in a fireplace.
2. A tool for lifting loose material consisting of a curved container or scoop and a handle.
3. The quantity a shovel can hold; SYN. shovelful, spadeful.
ETYM Old Eng. and Eng. Prov. Eng. fane weathercock, banner, AS. fana a banner, flag.
(Homonym: vain, vein).
The flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft; SYN. web.