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A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set
with points upward or outward. |
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Anything resembling such a nail in shape. |
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An ear of corn or grain. |
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A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are
arranged on an unbranched elongated axis. |
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To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike
down planks. |
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To set or furnish with spikes. |
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To fix on a spike. |
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To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike
nail, or the like into it. |
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Spike lavender. See Lavender. |