The incisors are flat and spade-like, useful for peeling, snipping and biting relatively soft materials. ❋ Unknown (2009)
A heavy chain and padlock held the main gate closed, and iron fence posts pointed toward the sky with sharp, spade-like tips. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Warren turned back as Katie torpedoed toward him, fence post in her hands, the spade-like tip aimed at his chest. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Keshkecho handed her the spade-like implement as well. ❋ Nancy Holder (2004)
Mrs. Fothergill followed up swiftly, striking again with a spade-like hand. ❋ O'Donnell, P. (1965)
Its broad, spade-like, jointed stems are very interesting. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
In the first place, the viper appears to have a more spade-like and flatter head than the common snake, and has a black cross from near the neck running up to the centre of the head, where it terminates in a black, oval-shaped spot. ❋ Montagu Browne (N/A)
Tall and lean, he had allowed his beard to grow into something of patriarchal proportions, or, more exactly, into one of those healthy spade-like growths which the French know so well how to develop. ❋ Unknown (1937)
A spade-like tool for digging hasty entrenchments. ❋ Arthur Guy Empey (1923)
At their coming they received an apron to wear at their ablutions, a white garment, and a little spade-like instrument with which to dig a hole and cover their excrement from the rays of the sun. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
His strong legs and his broad, spade-like feet helped to make him a fine swimmer. ❋ Arthur Scott Bailey (1913)
And his front legs were just long enough so that he could reach his large, spade-like feet beyond his nose and throw the dirt back. ❋ Arthur Scott Bailey (1913)
As it came slowly forth and overhung the chasm, we saw that it was a very large snake with a peculiar flat, spade-like head. ❋ Unknown (1912)
Quong shoveled in the pebbly dirt, watching him take the black sand, which held the gold, off the canvas with his little spade-like scoop, and panning it for him in the heavy iron pan, fascinated to see what we should find. ❋ Vivia Hemphill (1911)
The kicking and pawing of the moss-covered ground with their spade-like feet tear it up, level it, and cut off the dense moss and creeping plants, bring the sub-soil to the top, and over the whole the big herd spreads a good covering of manure. ❋ Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1902)
The disease is not myxedema because there is no peculiar physiognomy, no spade-like hands nor infiltrated skin, no alteration of the speech, etc. ❋ Unknown (1896)
The hypertrophy involves all the tissues, giving a curious spade-like appearance to the hands. ❋ Unknown (1896)
