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Definition of Handspikes
1. handspike [n] - See also: handspike
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handspikes
Literary usage of Handspikes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gardeners' Magazine of Botany, Horticulture, Floriculture, and Natural Science by Thomas Moore, William P Ayres (1850)
"II. a represents the lifting boards with the ropes under ; 6 represents the boards
and ropes with handspikes attached. If the plant is not of large size, ..."
2. Manual of Heavy Artillery Service: For the Use of the Army and Militia of by John Caldwell Tidball (1891)
"3 and 4 take handspikes from the hooks, embar in the eccentric sockets of the top-
... 3 and 4 withdraw their handspikes and insert them in the rear and ..."
3. Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1866)
"So sponges, rammers, and handspikes — As men-of-war's-men should — We placed
within their proper racks, And at our quarters stood. ..."
4. A Treatise on Naval Gunnery by Howard Douglas (1860)
"3, 4, 5, and 6. i- The handspikes are to be placed on the deck with the flat side
down and heels inboard, the centre of the handspikes in line with the ..."
5. The Ordnance Manual for the Use of Officers of the United States Army by United States Army. Ordnance Dept (1850)
"4 handspikes; 1 single prolonge; 1 hammer; 1 wrench. Raise the mortar on its
muzzle; bring up the bed, the front transom within 6 in. of the mortar, ..."
6. Hand-book of Artillery for the Service of the United States: (Army & Militia). by Joseph Roberts (1863)
"No truck handspikes are required, the eccentric handspikes being sufficient. ...
At the command UNBAR, given by the gunner as soon as the handspikes are ..."
7. A Military Dictionary: Or, Explaination of the Several Systems of Discipline by William Duane (1810)
"In heaving, when the ends of l and 4's handspikes come as low as their knees, 2
and 3 put theirs into the upper holes of the windlass, and 3 gives the word ..."
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