† speekn.

Forms: Also speeke, speake.

Etymology: Irregular variant spick n.³

Obsolete.

A large nail; a spike-nail.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > large or strong

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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Clou d'estoupe, a speake, or sheathing nayle; vsed in ships.

1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Speeks, vox Naut. sic autem dicuntur magni Clavi ferrei.

1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services 276 Those nails you call speeks. They are great and long iron nails with flat heads and of divers lengths. Some of the speeks are ragged which cannot be drawn out again.

attributive.1633 T. James Strange Voy. 108 Their weake Speeke Ships, can hardly long endure it.

Derivatives

† speek v.¹ Obsolete (transitive) to fasten up with spikes.

1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services 277 They use with these nails to fasten a Coin..unto the deck, close to the Breech of the carriages of the great Guns to help keep them firm up.., and this is called speeking up of the Ordnance.

1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) (at cited word) In foul Weather they use to speek up the Guns; that is, nail a Quoin to the Deck, close to the Breech of the Carriage, to help keep up the Piece strong to the Ship's side.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

† speekv.²

Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

= peak v.³ 1.

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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > tilt yard

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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with stake

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1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 68 Speek the Missen, (that is, put the yard right up and downe by the mast).

1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) at Spell This Word is most commonly us'd to the Mizzen-Sail; for when they take it in, or speek it up, they say spell the Mizzen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	speek
释义	† speekn. Forms: Also speeke, speake. Etymology: Irregular variant spick n.³ Obsolete. A large nail; a spike-nail. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > large or strong spiking1261 board-nail1303 spiking-nail1311 spike-nail1314 spike1345 bragc1440 garron-nail1552 tine nail1555 spiker1574 spig-naila1600 speek1611 spick1611 dog1857 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Clou d'estoupe, a speake, or sheathing nayle; vsed in ships. 1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Speeks, vox Naut. sic autem dicuntur magni Clavi ferrei. 1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services 276 Those nails you call speeks. They are great and long iron nails with flat heads and of divers lengths. Some of the speeks are ragged which cannot be drawn out again. attributive.1633 T. James Strange Voy. 108 Their weake Speeke Ships, can hardly long endure it. Derivatives † speek v.¹ Obsolete (transitive) to fasten up with spikes. Π 1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services 277 They use with these nails to fasten a Coin..unto the deck, close to the Breech of the carriages of the great Guns to help keep them firm up.., and this is called speeking up of the Ordnance. 1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) (at cited word) In foul Weather they use to speek up the Guns; that is, nail a Quoin to the Deck, close to the Breech of the Carriage, to help keep up the Piece strong to the Ship's side. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † speekv.² Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. = peak v.³ 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > tilt yard topc1550 peak1626 speek1644 tope1669 cockbill1829 trip1840 society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with stake stake1621 speek1644 prick1647 pale1703 skewer1781 picket1847 skiver1888 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 68 Speek the Missen, (that is, put the yard right up and downe by the mast). 1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) at Spell This Word is most commonly us'd to the Mizzen-Sail; for when they take it in, or speek it up, they say spell the Mizzen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1611v.²1644
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† speekn.

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