Handspike

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A bar used as a lever.
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  • n. A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A bar, commonly of wood, used with the hand as a lever for various purposes, as in raising weights, moving guns, heaving about a windlass, etc.
  • To move by means of a handspike: as, to handspike a cannon into place.
  • To strike with a handspike.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever
    • Hypernym
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    bar   
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    roller handspike   
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