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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 526 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool for digging and loosening the See also:

SOIL

soil; together with the See also:

FORK (Lat. furca)

fork it forms one of the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief implements wielded by the See also:

hand in See also:

agriculture and See also:

horticulture. Its typical shape is a broad See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat blade of See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron with a See also:

sharp See also:

LOWER

lower edge, straight or curved, the upper edge on either See also:

side of the handle affording space for the See also:

FOOT

foot of the digger, which drives it into the ground; the wooden handle terminates in a See also:

CROSS

cross-piece, usually forming a See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

LOOP

loop for the hand. The word in O.Eng. is spaedu, cognate forms being Du., Swed. and See also:

DAN

Dan. spade, Ger. Spaten; it is derived from the Gr. vrraBrl, a broad blade of See also:

wood or See also:

metal, and so used of the blade of an See also:

OAR (A.S. kr; M. Eng. ore; Lat. remus; Gr. iperw5s : Sans. aritra; Fr. rame; Ital. Span., Port. Yana)

oar or See also:

SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword. This was latinized as spatha, and used of a broad See also:

PADDLE

paddle for stirring liquid, of a piece of wood used by weavers for See also:

DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving See also:

home the woof, and particularly of a broad two-edged sword without a point. The See also:

SPANISH

Spanish playing See also:

CARDS, PLAYING

cards had " swords " for the suit which we know as " spades," and the suit was called espada (see CARDS, PLAYING).

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