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Having shoulders; -- used in composition; as, a broad- shouldered man. "He was short-shouldered." Chaucer.

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.] --…

Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler.

A river duck (Spatula clypeata), 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,…

t the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp. Raymond. Show bill, a broad sheet containing an advertisement in large letters. -- Show box, a box xontaining some object of curiosity carried round as a show. -- Show card, an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples. -- Show case, a…

iage. [R.] The Assyrian wad a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and with a shadowing shroad. Ezek. xxxi. 3.

a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.

A secondary road; esp., a byroad at right angles to a main road. [Canada]

A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement. [U.S.]

A side track, as a railroad; a turnout.

o manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned.

A seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long. See Silique.

, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose.

The foreman of a construction gang making a skid road.

] that blew so hideously and high, That it ne lefte not a sky In all the welkin long and broad. Chaucer.

A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.

Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i. -- Slen"der*ly, adv. -- Slen"der*ness, n.

A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.

ter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.

A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.