- (n.) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- (v.t.) To fix on a spike.
- (n.) A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
- (v.t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail or the like into it.
- (n.) Spike lavender. See Lavender.
- (v.t.) To set or furnish with spikes.
- (n.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
- (n.) An ear of corn or grain.
- (v.t.) To fasten with spikes or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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