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.
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.