Word Meanings - SHOVEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

p. p. of Shove. Chaucer.

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• SHOVELARD
  Shoveler.
• SHOVELNOSE
  The common sand shark. See under Snad. A small California shark , which is taken for its oil. A Pacific Ocean shark . A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white
• SHOVEL-NOSED
  Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler.
• SHOVEN
  p. p. of Shove. Chaucer.
• SHOVELBOARD
  1. A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny. 2. A game played on board ship in which the aim is
• SHOVELHEAD
  A shark allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonnet shark.
• SHOVELER
  A river duck , 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,
• SHOVEL
  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
• SHOVELBILL
  The shoveler.
• SHOVE
  schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. sk, sk, Sw. skuffa, Dan. skuffe, Goth. afskiuban to put away, cast away; cf. Skr. kshubh to become agitated, to quake, Lith. skubrus quick, skubinti to hasten. sq. root160. Cf. 1. To drive along by the direct
• SHOVELFUL
  As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel.
• SHOVEBOARD; SHOVEGROAT
  The same as Shovelboard.