Middle English Dictionary Entry
spīking(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | spīking(e n. Also spikeinge, spikhinge, spikking, spikin, spekin(g & (error) spykyg; pl. spiking(e)s, etc. & spiking & (?error) spynges. |
| Etymology | Prob. OE *spīcing (attested by erron. pl. swicyngas, transl. of L clavos); also cp. ME spīk(e n.(1) & MDu. spikinc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A large iron nail; -- also coll.; ?also, the act of fastening with a spike [quot. 1431-2]; ~ nail; cok ~, ?a nail resembling a cockspur; double (gret, gros, middel) ~.
Associated quotations
- (1279) in Salzman Building in Engl.306 : [Great] spikyng [..at 3 d. the hundred].
- (1283) in Salzman Building in Engl.306 : Spiknayl [..at 10 d.].
- (1292) in Salzman Building in Engl.306 : Grospykyng [at 6 d. and] middelspykyng [at 3 d.].
- (1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2163 : In cclx clavis ferri videlicet Spyking, cum quinque buzonis ferri factis ad fundum Galee Jungendum, ij s. xj d.
- (1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2177 : In lx Clavis de Spyking Magnis emptis de eodem, iij d. ob.
- (1311-12) Doc.in Boyle Hedonp.xiii : Spykygnayl [read: Spykyngnayl] et lignis pro barris.
- (1313-14) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100513 : Structura domorum..In 5000 flywinges, 300 spikinges, 5 s. 10 d.
- (1332) in Topham Acc.St.Steph.Westm.(1834) [OD col.]81 : Roberto de Thorneye pro 200 de spyking nails pro Staffot' [?read: Scaffot'], 1 s. 8 d.
- (1333) *Acc.de Weston (PRO)Bundle 469, no.15, m.9 : Eidem pro i quartero de spikyngnail pro scaffot. firmand.
- (1347-50) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1161 : In ccc spikyng de ferre pur estoer auoir deinz mesme la nief..xv d.
- (1351) in Neilson Ramsey Abbeyapp.62 : Idem computat in viii bordis emptis ad molendinum, xii d.; et in cccc spikings emptis pro eodem, xi d. ob.
- (1358-9) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1144 : In viij Mill. dcccc grosspynges [?read: grosspykynges].
- (1362) in Salzman Building in Engl.306 : Dobel spikyng [..at 6 d.].
- (1372-3) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99211 : In crukkis, bandis, spikkyng, broddis, et ceteris ferramentis..36 s. 10 d.
- (1382) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2971 : Camera..xiij lb. ceræ, cc bragys, c spykyns, c schonaill, c brodnayl.
- (1391-2) Mem.Ripon in Sur.Soc.81110 : In ij ml. spykyng grossis pro stauro ecclesiæ ad facturam dom. et pro diversis expensis infra ecclesiam..In iij ml. ccc spykyng minoribus emp. pro dictis expensis.
- (1408-9) Mem.Ripon in Sur.Soc.81139 : Item et in iij ml. dubylspykyng emp., 9 s. 9 d.; Item et in iiij ml. mydillspykhynge emp., 8 s. 8 d.
- (1411) Fabric R.Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.15170 : Itm, payed to John Colchestre for ij c Midelspekyng, xij d.
- (1423) Acc.Hollingbourne in Archaeol.Cant.13561 : Item, ffor naylys and spekyns for the same wyrke, ij d.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.158/546 : Item, for Spykyngenaill, iij d. ob.
- (1426) in Salzman Building in Engl.306 : [Nails called] kocspykyng [at 8 d.].
- (1431-2) *Mun.B.Bridgewater805 : Item, for spykyng of ij peyr sclengs, ij d. ob.
- (1435) in Salzman Building in Engl.305 : Spikeynge [used for the making of doors and windows].
- (1447-8) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99237 : 4 gretspikyngez pro camino de lez Wytton Spitell, midil spikyngez.
- (1464) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.38 : Item, for vj spekynges to the Wall, ij d.
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57201 : For a c spykynges, ij s. vj d.
- (1472-74) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.31533 : For ij spykyngys, ob.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)118b : A Spykinge: Tringa [Monson: taringa].