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Spike \Spike\, n. [Akin to LG. spiker, spieker, a large nail, D.
spijker, Sw. spik, Dan. spiger, Icel. sp[imac]k; all perhaps
from L. spica a point, an ear of grain; but in the sense of
nail more likely akin to E. spoke of a wheel. Cf. {Spine}.]
1. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron
set with points upward or outward.
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2. Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
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He wears on his head the corona radiata . . .; the
spikes that shoot out represent the rays of the sun.
--Addison.
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3. An ear of corn or grain.
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4. (Bot.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers
are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
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{Spike grass} (Bot.), either of two tall perennial American
grasses ({Uniola paniculata}, and {Uniola latifolia})
having broad leaves and large flattened spikelets.

{Spike rush}. (Bot.) See under {Rush}.

{Spike shell} (Zool.), any pteropod of the genus {Styliola}
having a slender conical shell.

{Spike team}, three horses, or a horse and a yoke of oxen,
harnessed together, a horse leading the oxen or the span.
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Spike \Spike\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spiked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spiking}.]
1. To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike
down planks.
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2. To set or furnish with spikes.
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3. To fix on a spike. [R.] --Young.
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4. To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike
nail, or the like into it.
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Spike \Spike\, n. [Cf. G. spieke, L. spica an ear of grain. See
{Spikenard}.] (Bot.)
Spike lavender. See {Lavender}.
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{Oil of spike} (Chem.), a colorless or yellowish aromatic oil
extracted from the European broad-leaved lavender, or
aspic ({Lavendula Spica}), used in artist's varnish and in
veterinary medicine. It is often adulterated with oil of
turpentine, which it much resembles.
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