Defn: A bravo; a bully; a duelist. Ld. Lytton.
SPADDLE
Spad"dle, n.
Defn: A little spade. [Obs.]
SPADE
Spade, n. Etym: [Cf. Spay, n.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A hart or stag three years old. [Written also spaid, spayade.]
2. Etym: [Cf. L. spado.]
Defn: A castrated man or beast.
SPADE Spade, n. Etym: [AS. spæd; spada; akin to D. spade, G. spaten, Icel. spaedhi, 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.