| 单词 | spike bit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspike bit a. With the sense ‘resembling or formed like a spike’, as spike bit, spike bowsprit, spike gimlet, spike rod. ΚΠ 1766 Museum Rusticum 6 392 A hole made with a spike gimblet. 1815 ‘J. Mathers’ Hist. Mr. John Decastro & Brother Bat I. 109 The man who had a spike bit in his hand, and would have forced the door. 1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. (Gloss.) 721/2 Rods of hazel, &c., split and twisted for use by the thatcher (spike rods). 1895 Daily News 19 June 3/2 With nothing standing but her spike bowsprit, which was painted white. < as lemmas |
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