Handspike

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A handspike is a metal bar or pipe that is used as a lever for prying or leverage, similar to a crowbar.^[1]

Handspike is also an archaic term for a bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various other purposes.^[2]

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^ G. & C. Merriam Co., Webster's new collegiate dictionary, ISBN 0-87779-338-7
^ Merriam-Webster dictionary (1913)

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