To drill (a hole) by spudding (which see, below).įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.To remove by means of a spud: often with up or out.noun Any short and thick thing: usually in contempt.noun A nail driven into the timbers of a drift or shaft, or fastened in some other way, so as to mark a surveying-station.noun A spade-shaped tool for recovering lost or broken tools in a tube-well.noun A small spade, or a spade having a small blade, with a handle of any length a small cutting-blade fixed in the axis of its handle, somewhat like a chisel with a very long handle, for cutting the roots of weeds without stooping.noun An instrument of similar shape used in the extraction of foreign bodies from the eye.noun In surgery: A flat spade-like instrument used for the detachment of soft parts from bone.noun In archaeology, one of a class of pecked or polished stone implements varying considerably in size and form, but always having a rather broad blade with a sort of handle of variable length: often referred to as spade-like or paddle-shaped implements.When lowered to the bottom the spuds anchor the dredge and hold it in place against the push of the dredging machinery. noun One of several heavy vertical pieces of timber shod with a pointed iron at the lower end, arranged to slide in guides on a floating dredge.noun A curved chisel-like tool for removing bark.transitive verb To begin drilling operations on.transitive verb To remove with a sharp spadelike tool.noun A short section of pipe or a threaded fitting that completes a connection, as between a longer pipe and a nozzle, valve, or meter.noun A sharp spadelike tool used for rooting or digging out weeds.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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