- SPUD Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
spud noun ˈspəd : any of various small surgical instruments with a shape resembling that of a spade use of a spud to remove a foreign object from the eye
- Spud - Wikipedia
Spud, steel pile that can be lowered to penetrate the bottom to hold a spud barge in position, often deployed at each corner of the barge Also used to position a dredge - see Dredging#Grab dredgers
- The Odd Reason Potatoes Are Called Spuds - Food Republic
It involves a group of people who were definitely not the biggest fans of the veg Supposedly, these anti-potato people joined together in the 1800s in Britain to form The Society for The Prevention of an Unwholesome Diet — or, 'SPUD,' for short
- Why Potatoes Are Also Called Spuds - Mashed
According to Merriam-Webster, the word "spud" first popped up in the 1650s, but around 1845, New Zealanders picked up the habit of calling potatoes the same name as the tool used to excavate them That nickname stuck as potatoes gained in popularity across Europe and America
- Why Are Potatoes Called Spuds? - CulinaryLore
Some etymologists claimed that this was the origin for the potato being called a spud Since the word spuddy was once the nickname for a seller of bad potatoes, it has also been supposed that the word spud derived from this However, the word spud is almost certainly earlier
- spud - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English spudde (“small knife”) Origin unknown; probably related to Danish spyd, Old Norse spjót (“spear”), German Spieß (“spear; spike; skewer”) Compare English spit (“sharp, pointed rod”) The use of the term for a potato perhaps first appeared in New Zealand and Australian dialect and slang
- SPUD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
With felled timber, bark should be removed in the spring with a shovel, chisel, or bark spud
- SPUD Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
verb phrase spud in, to set up earth-boring equipment, especially for drilling an oil well
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