Shovel hat, a broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, — worn by some clergy of the English Church. [Colloq.] — Shovelspur(Zoöl.), a flat, horny process on the tarsus of some toads, — used in burrowing.Steam shovel, a machine with a scoop or scoops, operated by a steam engine, for excavating earth, as in making railway cuttings.

Shovel
(Shov"el), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shoveled or Shovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoveling or Shovelling.]

1. To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit.

2. To gather up as with a shovel.

Shovelard
(Shov"el*ard) n. (Zoöl.) Shoveler. [Prov. Eng.]

Shovelbill
(Shov"el*bill`) n. (Zoöl.) The shoveler.

Shovelboard
(Shov"el*board`) n.

1. A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny.

2. A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; — called also shuffleboard.

Shoveler
(Shov"el*er) n. [Also shoveller.]

1. One who, or that which, shovels.

2. (Zoöl.) A river duck native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck is a similar species.

Shovelful
(Shov"el*ful) n.; pl. Shovelfuls As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel.

Shovelhead
(Shov"el*head`) n. (Zoöl.) A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; — called also bonnet shark.

2. To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off.

He grasped the oar,
eceived his guests on board, and shoved from shore.
Garth.

Shove
(Shove) n. The act of shoving; a forcible push.

I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove.
Swift.

Syn. — See Thrust.

Shove
(Shove), obs. p. p. of Shove. Chaucer.

Shoveboard
(Shove"board` Shove"groat`) , n. The same as Shovelboard.

Shovel
(Shov"el) n. [OE. shovele, schovele, AS. scoft, sceoft; akin to D. schoffel, G. schaufel, OHG. scvala, Dan. skovl, Sw. skofvel, skyffel, and to E. shove. &radic160. See Shove, v. t.] An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances.


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