Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HAND'SPIKE
HAND'SPIKE, n.
A wooden bar, used with the hand as a lever, for various purposes, as in raising weights, heaving about a windlass, &c.
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HAND'SPIKE, n.
A wooden bar, used with the hand as a lever, for various purposes, as in raising weights, heaving about a windlass, &c.
Return to page 13 of the letter “H”.