A wooden support for a small light. Also, a pump-handle; a lever. Also, a long oar used in working a coal-keel in the north.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
1) the handle of a pump. Norf. 2) an oar when used as a rudder to a barge. Northumb. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose