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spudded

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spud

  [spuhd] ,noun, verb, spud⋅ded, spud⋅ding.
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–noun
1. Informal. a potato.
2. a spadelike instrument, esp. 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. a short pipe, as for connecting a water pipe with a meter.
6. Surgery. 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.
—Verb phrase
8. spud in, to set up earth-boring equipment, esp. for drilling an oil well.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME spudde short knife < ?
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spud   (spŭd)   
n.  

  1. Slang A potato.

  2. A sharp spadelike tool used for rooting or digging out weeds.

  3. A short section of pipe or a threaded fitting that completes a connection, as between a longer pipe and a nozzle, valve, or meter.

tr.v.   spud·ded, spud·ding, spuds

  1. To remove with a sharp spadelike tool.

  2. To begin drilling operations on: spud an oil well.


[Middle English spudde, short knife.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: spud
Pronunciation: 'sp&d
Function: noun
: any of various small surgical instruments with a shape resembling that of a spade spud to remove a foreign object from the eye> spud for removal of wax>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

spud (spŭd)
n.
A blunt triangular knife used for removing foreign bodies from the cornea.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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