- past progressive of spade.
Example Sentences
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Other gardeners were spading paths because the King was re-landscaping.
From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander
Two boys were spading up; another was planting; a fourth was wheeling away the weeds; and still another was bringing manure from the Deacon's stable.
From Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. by Abbott, Lyman
But yesterday while we were spading up a patch for turnip-and-mustard-greens, I forgot and sent him off to the school-yard to pick up trash.
From Mothering on Perilous by Furman, Lucy S.
Men were spading and planting the vegetable gardens, painting or white-washing fences.
From A Little Girl in Old Salem by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
