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Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it..

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

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

Valerianaceous :: Valerianaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order (Valerianaccae) of which the valerian is the type. The order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard..

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

Spikefish :: Spikefish (n.) See Sailfish (a.

Spiculate :: Spiculate (a.) Covered with minute spiculae, or pointed fleshy appendages; divided into small spikelets..

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

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..

Spike :: Spike (n.) A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward..

Plantain :: Plantain (n.) Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P. major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world..

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

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

Foliaceous :: Foliaceous (a.) Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers; as, a foliaceous spike..

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..

Set :: Set (n.) A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface.

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

Spiciferous :: Spiciferous (a.) Bearing ears, or spikes; spicate..

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..

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

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