Definition of spike

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Spike (v. t.) To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks..

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Broom Rape :: Broom rape () A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand A. Ludovicianum..
Mace :: Mace (n.) A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor..
Spikelet :: Spikelet (n.) A small or secondary spike; especially, one of the ultimate parts of the in florescence of grasses. See Illust. of Quaking grass..
Locusta :: Locusta (n.) The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses.
Spiked :: Spiked (a.) Furnished or set with spikes, as corn; fastened with spikes; stopped with spikes..
Sciuroid :: Sciuroid (a.) Resembling the tail of a squirrel; -- generally said of branches which are close and dense, or of spikes of grass like barley..
Spiky :: Spiky (a.) Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes..
Spike :: Spike (n.) Spike lavender. See Lavender.
Cockscomb :: Cockscomb (n.) A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli..
Water Willow :: Water willow () An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers..
Herse :: Herse (n.) A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes. It is hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy..
Lizard''s Tail :: Lizard's tail () A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the name..
Spignet :: Spignet (n.) An aromatic plant of America. See Spikenard.
Gad :: Gad (n.) A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.
Spicose :: Spicose (a.) Having spikes, or ears, like corn spikes..
Pikestaff :: Pikestaff (n.) A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping..
Cornucopia :: Cornucopia (n.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.
Spikebill :: Spikebill (n.) The hooded merganser.
Pick :: Pick (n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
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)..
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