(obsolete, Ireland) A kind of spade, shovel or hoe.
(obsolete, Ireland) A kind of spade, shovel or hoe.
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(Ireland) A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.
(UK, dialect) The particles of soil that are spattered up onto grass by the rain.
(Ireland) A type of one-eared spade used in Ireland.
(especially, Ireland) A sickle or grasshook: an agricultural tool for cutting away small vegetation.
(Scotland, archaic) A sudden fright.