A black person.
A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
A playing card marked with the symbol ♠.
A castrated man or animal.
A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
A hart or stag three years old.
To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.
A black person.
A difficult, abstract problem that worsens as one attempts to handle it; a "sticky" situation, especially one where attempts to make it better only make it worse.