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Webster 1913 Edition

(hănd′spīkˊ)

Noun.

A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.

Noun.

A wooden bar, used with the hand as a lever, for various purposes, as in raising weights, heaving about a windlass, &c.