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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spud \Spud\ (sp[u^]d), n. [Cf. Dan. spyd a spear.]
     1. A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by
        farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly
        shaped implement used for various purposes.
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              My spud these nettles from the stone can part.
                                                    --Swift.
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     2. A dagger. [Obs.] --Holland.
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     3. Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough
        boiled in fat. [Local, U.S.]
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     4. A potato. [Colloq.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spud
       n 1: an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of
            Ireland [syn: {potato}, {white potato}, {Irish potato},
            {murphy}, {tater}]
       2: a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds [syn: {stump
          spud}]
       v 1: initiate onsite drilling operations, as for petroleum; "The
            well was spudded in April"
       2: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes
          sprouted" [syn: {shoot}, {germinate}, {pullulate}, {bourgeon},
           {burgeon forth}, {sprout}]
       [also: {spudding}, {spudded}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "spud":
     Irish potato, Kraut, aubergine, beans, cabbage, eggplant, greens,
     legumes, love apple, mad apple, pieplant, potato, potherbs,
     produce, rhubarb, tater, tomato, vegetables, white potato
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SPUD
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