Sentence example with the word 'handspike'

handspike

Definition n. a metal bar

Last update: July 10, 2015


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I almost thought he would sink the ship before the anchor could be got up; involuntarily I paused on my handspike, and told Queequeg to do the same, thinking of the perils we both ran, in starting on the voyage with such a devil for a pilot.   [Please select]

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That Mounseer had a handy way o' usin' the handspike.   [Please select]

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The sun was about a handspike high from the horizon.   [Please select]

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A handspike was, after some hours' labour, converted into a handle with one side cut flat.   [Please select]

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The crew don't know the mainmast from a handspike.   [Please select]

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Herman was to fasten the door leading from the cabin to the steerage with a handspike.   [Please select]

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Descending to the steerage, he removed the handspike with which the cabin door was fastened.   [Please select]

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On returning, he found Master Trench occupying his place, and Paul Burns standing beside him with a handspike in his grasp.   [Please select]

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It may be that the peculiar way in which Paul Burns eyed him and toyed with the handspike had some effect on him.   [Please select]

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