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ecially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor.

The same as Shovelboard.

th 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, --…

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

Shoveler. [Prov. Eng.]

The shoveler.

f metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny.

One who, or that which, shovels.

As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel.

A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonnet shark.

The common sand shark. See under Snad.

p. p. of Shove. Chaucer.

The shoveler. See Shoveler.

To push, to press, to shove. Chaucer.

A shovel-like utensil for conveying away dust brushed from the floor.

l always in the direction of the wind. Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. Is. xxx. 24.

specified period. -- Fire irons, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs, poker, and shovel. -- Fire main, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out fire. -- Fire master (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks. -- Fire office, an office at which to effect insurance aga…

A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker.

A shove; a push. [Obs.] Udall.

An agricultural implement used in Flanders, consisting of a kind of large shovel drawn by a horse and guided by a man. [Written also mollebært and mouldebært.] Simmonds.