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Definition of Handspike
1. Noun. A metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever.
Definition of Handspike
1. n. A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
Definition of Handspike
1. Noun. A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Handspike
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Medical Definition of Handspike
1. A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handspike
Literary usage of Handspike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"handspike ; a wooden bar or lever to heave round the windlass, ... The gunner's
handspike is shorter than the former, and armed with two claws for managing ..."
2. Popular Lectures on Science and Art: Delivered in the Principal Cities and by Dionysius Lardner (1846)
"handspike.—Oar.—Nat- Crackers.—Taming Lathe.—Steelyard.—Rectangular Lever.—Hammer.—Load
between two Bearers.—Combination of Levers.—Equivalent Lever. ..."
3. A Treatise on Criminal Law by Francis Wharton, William Draper Lewis (1896)
"... stating, shortly before the attack, that he knew where the seat of life was ;'
where he thrust a handspike deeply into the forehead of the deceased.5 ..."
4. Sporting Adventures in the New World, Or, Days and Nights of Moose-hunting by Campbell Hardy (1855)
"... a handspike"—Sampson among the Indians—Traditions about Animals and
Birds—Conversations with a Rabbit —The Bear and the Fisher—A Tale of Indian Warfare. ..."
5. Sporting Adventures in the New World, Or, Days and Nights of Moose-hunting by Campbell Hardy (1855)
"... a handspike"—Sampson among the Indians—Traditions about Animals and
Birds—Conversations with a Rabbit —The Bear and the Fisher—A Tale of Indian Warfare. ..."
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