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ˈhandspoke
In Sc. -spake, -spaik, -spike.
[See spoke.]
A spoke or bar of wood carried in the hand; spec. one of those used in carrying the coffin at a funeral in Scotland.
1727Walker Remark. Pass. 140 (Jam.) Friends would not suffer them to put their hands to a handspaik, tho' they offered. 1816Scott Antiq. xxxi, The coffin, covered with a pall, and supported upon handspikes by the nearest relatives. 1850Loudon's Encycl. Gard. 515 The carrying lever, or handspoke is used in pairs for carrying tubs of plants or other bodies..Two of them united to a platform of boards form the common hand-barrow. |