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Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To fix on a spike.

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

Water Torch :: Water torch () The common cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the spike of which makes a good torch soaked in oil..

Adder's-tongue :: Adder's-tongue (n.) A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue..

Nail :: Nail (n.) To spike, as a cannon..

Cloy :: Cloy (v. t.) To spike, as a cannon..

Spiked :: Spiked (imp. & p. p.) of Spik.

Spiciform :: Spiciform (a.) Spike-shaped.

Unspike :: Unspike (v. t.) To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon..

Herisson :: Herisson (n.) A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage..

Tine :: Tine (n.) A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler..

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..

Spicated :: Spicated (a.) Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes..

Tamarisk :: Tamarisk (n.) Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (T. mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna..

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

Colicroot :: Colicroot (n.) A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root..

Lion''s Tail :: Lion's tail () A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. L. Cardiaca is the common motherwort.

Hersillon :: Hersillon (n.) A beam with projecting spikes, used to make a breach impassable..

Spicula :: Spicula (n.) A little spike; a spikelet.

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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