Spade Shaped

Here they are, clockwise from top left: Great-grandfather William Pearson, who was barely 52 years old, with his elegantly groomed, spade-shaped beard. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is dense to the point of straining—but not breaking—the spade-shaped plastic spoon. ❋ Joe Ray (2011)

Spikes ran down its long, spade-shaped tail and continued up the dragon's entire length, ending at the base of the horned skull. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sparky lowered his spade-shaped head to the ground and sniffed. ❋ Laura Bickle (2010)

Sir Marcus, who had caught a brief glimpse from his seat at the bedside, grinned in his spade-shaped beard. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The teeth of a porpoise are spade-shaped, whereas the teeth of the dolphin are conical. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Its sharp, strong, single spade-shaped end scarifies efficiently with less resistance than a wide hoe or a multi-tined tool. ❋ Joel M. Lerner (2010)

Later, it'll be a pack of nine needles, to darken the line; later still, a spade-shaped array of as many as 15 needles, a magnum, shading the bird's wings and underbelly. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As it is spade-shaped, the foot is an ideal tool for digging into the bottom sediments. ❋ Unknown (2007)

* Bibb - Or Boston Lettuce, this baby leaf is spade-shaped and has a buttery texture. ❋ Shaun (2007)

The spade-shaped metal ends of the irons were blackened by use; the scalpel blades were weathered to a soft glow, but the sharp edges gleamed, a hairbreadth of bright silver. ❋ Gabaldon, Diana (2005)

The webbed hands and feet ended in yellow, spade-shaped claws. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The dugout, partially filled with water, floated low in the river, just the spade-shaped bow fully above the surface. ❋ Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain (2003)

The spade-shaped wooden leaf was dark - stained on the bottom, and polished as smooth as silk. ❋ Kirchoff, Mary (2003)

The word sang in Acorna's mind, a song of chiming silver streams and drumming waterfalls, of wind fluting across the tops of bending blue-green grasses and through the spade-shaped leaves of gigantic trees in vast forests. ❋ McCaffrey, Anne (2001)

His build was athletic, his brow clear and wide, his jaw forthright and spade-shaped, and his manner confident. ❋ May, Julian (2001)