4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To set or furnish with spikes. [1913 Webster] 3. To fix on a spike. [R.] --Young. [1913 Webster] 4. To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Spiked \Spiked\, a. Furnished or set with spikes, as corn; fastened with spikes; stopped with spikes. [1913 Webster] A youth, leaping over the spiked pales, . . . was caught by those spikes. --Wiseman. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: spiked adj 1: equipped with long sharp-pointed projections especially along the top of a wall or fence; "the fence was iron and spiked along the top" 2: having a long sharp point 3: having alcohol added; "a cup of brandy-laced coffee"; "he drank too much of the spiked punch" [syn: {laced}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 31 Moby Thesaurus words for "spiked": acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform, acuminate, acute, barbed, cornuted, cusped, cuspidate, hispid, horned, horny, mucronate, needle-pointed, needle-sharp, pointed, pronged, sharp-pointed, spiculate, spiky, spined, spinous, spiny, tapered, tapering, tined, toothed, unbated
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