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noun
1.
Informal. a potato.
2.
a spadelike instrument, especially one with a narrow blade, as for digging up or cutting the roots of weeds.
3.
a chisellike tool for removing bark.
4.
a pointed leg or stake for staying or supporting dredging or earth-boring machinery.
5.
EXPANDa short pipe, as for connecting a water pipe with a meter.
6.
COLLAPSESurgery. an instrument having a dull flattened blade for removing substances or foreign bodies from certain parts of the body, as wax from the ear.
verb (used with object)
7.
to remove with a spud.
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Spudded
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So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
8.
spud in, to set up earth-boring equipment, especially for drilling an oil well.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English spudde short knife < ?
1400–50; late Middle English spudde short knife < ?
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
spud
c.1440 "small or poor knife," of uncertain origin probably related to Dan. spyd, O.N. spjot "spear," Ger. Spiess "spear, lance"). Meaning "spade" is from 1667; sense of "short or stumpy person or thing" is from 1687; that of "potato" is first recorded 1845 in New Zealand English.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
spud (spŭd)
n.
A blunt triangular knife used for removing foreign bodies from the cornea.
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Slang Dictionary
spud definition[spəd]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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