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handspike

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hand·spike  (hndspk)
n.
A bar used as a lever.
[Alteration of Dutch handspaak : hand, hand (from Middle Dutch hant) + spaak, spoke (from Middle Dutch spke, stick).]
handspike [ˈhændˌspaɪk]
n
(Engineering / Tools) a bar or length of pipe used as a lever
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Noun1.handspikehandspike - a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever
bar - a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape"


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I almost thought he would sink the ship before the anchor could be got up; involuntarily I paused on my handspike, and told Queequeg to do the same, thinking of the perils we both ran, in starting on the voyage with such a devil for a pilot.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Then he rapped on the door with a bit of stick like a handspike that he carried, and when my father appeared, called roughly for a glass of rum.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
His prompt reply to all complaints and remonstrances was--the butt-end of a handspike, so convincingly administered as effectually to silence the aggrieved party.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
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