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Spelk :: Spelk (n.) A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.

Mullein :: Mullein (n.) Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus..

Jager :: "Jager (n.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain, and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua)..

Pike :: Pike (n. & v.) A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target..

Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.

Stabbingly :: Stabber (n.) A small marline spike; a pricker.

Spike :: Spike (n.) An ear of corn or grain.

Timothy Grass :: Timothy grass () A kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; -- called also herd's grass, in England, cat's-tail grass, and meadow cat's-tail grass. It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix..

Cheval-de-frise :: Cheval-de-frise (n.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc..

Brob :: Brob (n.) A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping..

Pricker :: Pricker (n.) A small marline spike having generally a wooden handle, -- used in sailmaking..

Pikestaff :: Pikestaff (n.) A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping..

Spiky :: Spiky (a.) Like a spike; spikelike.

Cornucopia :: Cornucopia (n.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.

Spignet :: Spignet (n.) An aromatic plant of America. See Spikenard.

Glume :: Glume (n.) The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt..

Pepper :: Pepper (n.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth..

Jointweed :: "Jointweed (n.) A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers..

Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To set or furnish with spikes.

Rhachilla :: Rhachilla (n.) A branch of inflorescence; the zigzag axis on which the florets are arranged in the spikelets of grasses.

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