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hand⋅spike

  [hand-spahyk]
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–noun
a bar used as a lever.
Origin:
1605–15; < D handspaak (see hand, spoke 2 ), with -spaak replaced by spike 1
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hand·spike   (hānd'spīk')   
n.  A bar used as a lever.

[Alteration of Dutch handspaak : hand, hand (from Middle Dutch hant) + spaak, spoke (from Middle Dutch spāke, stick).]
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