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[ noun ] a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever
Used in print (Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)Heiser , breathless and wild-eyed , brought the chilling news that the handspikes , heavers and holystones had been mysteriously removed from their customary places . Who reported to you the disappearance of handspikes and heavers and who '' - One of the missing handspikes came_out of its hiding_place after Midshipman_Tillotson had been insolently disobeyed by Seaman_Wilson . Related terms |
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