- a potato.
- a spadelike instrument, especially one with a narrow blade, as for digging up or cutting the roots of weeds.
- a chisel-like tool for removing bark.
- a pointed leg or stake for staying or supporting dredging or earth-boring machinery.
- a short pipe, as for connecting a water pipe with a meter.
- an instrument having a dull flattened blade for removing substances or foreign bodies from certain parts of the body, as wax from the ear.
- to remove with a spud.
- to set up earth-boring equipment, especially for drilling an oil well.
- an informal word for potato (def. 1)
- a narrow-bladed spade for cutting roots, digging up weeds, etc
- a tool, resembling a chisel, for removing bark from trees
- to remove (bark) or eradicate (weeds) with a spud
- to drill the first foot of an oil-well
