What is to take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit called?
shovel — To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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