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Definition of spike
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Spike (v. t.) To set or
furnish
with
spikes.
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Willow
::
Willow
(n.) A
machine
in which
cotton
or wool is
opened
and
cleansed
by the
action
of long
spikes
projecting
from a drum which
revolves
within
a box
studded
with
similar
spikes;
--
probably
so
called
from
having
been
originally
a
cylindrical
cage made of
willow
rods,
though
some
derive
the term from
winnow,
as
denoting
the
winnowing,
or
cleansing,
action
of the
machine.
Called
also
willy,
twilly,
twilly
devil,
and
devil..
Rhachis
::
Rhachis
(n.) The
principal
axis in a
raceme,
spike,
panicle,
or
corymb..
Spica
::
Spica (n.) A kind of
bandage
passing,
by
successive
turns and
crosses,
from an
extremity
to the
trunk;
-- so
called
from its
resemblance
to a spike of a
barley..
Hemigamous
::
Hemigamous
(a.)
Having
one of the two
florets
in the same
spikelet
neuter,
and the other
unisexual,
whether
male or
female;
-- said of
grasses..
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..
Pricker
::
Pricker
(n.) A small
marline
spike
having
generally
a
wooden
handle,
-- used in
sailmaking..
Turnpike
::
Turnpike
(n.) A beam
filled
with
spikes
to
obstruct
passage;
a
cheval-de-frise.
Xyris
::
Xyris (n.) A genus of
endogenous
herbs with
grassy
leaves
and small
yellow
flowers
in
short,
scaly-bracted
spikes;
yellow-eyed
grass.
There are about
seventeen
species
in the
Atlantic
United
States..
Ear
::
Ear (n.) The spike or head of any
cereal
(as,
wheat,
rye,
barley,
Indian
corn,
etc.),
containing
the
kernels..
Spicose
::
Spicose
(a.)
Having
spikes,
or ears, like corn
spikes..
Glume
::
Glume (n.) The
bracteal
covering
of the
flowers
or seeds of grain and
grasses;
esp., an outer husk or bract of a
spikelt..
Flail
::
Flail (n.) An
ancient
military
weapon,
like the
common
flail,
often
having
the
striking
part armed with rows of
spikes,
or
loaded..
Water Willow
::
Water
willow
() An
American
aquatic
plant
(Dianthera
Americana)
with long
willowlike
leaves,
and
spikes
of small
purplish
flowers..
Hatch
::
Hatch (n.) A door with an
opening
over it; a half door,
sometimes
set with
spikes
on the upper
edge..
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..
Fumitory
::
Fumitory
(n.) The
common
uame of
several
species
of the genus
Fumaria,
annual
herbs of the Old
World,
with
finely
dissected
leaves
and small
flowers
in dense
racemes
or
spikes.
F.
officinalis
is a
common
species,
and was
formerly
used as an
antiscorbutic..
Lavender
::
Lavender
(n.) An
aromatic
plant of the genus
Lavandula
(L.
vera),
common
in the south of
Europe.
It
yields
and oil used in
medicine
and
perfumery.
The Spike
lavender
(L.
Spica)
yields
a
coarser
oil (oil of
spike),
used in the
arts..
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..
Pikestaff
::
Pikestaff
(n.) A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard
against
slipping..
Water Torch
::
Water torch () The
common
cat-tail
(Typha
latifolia),
the spike of which makes a good torch
soaked
in oil..
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