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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.
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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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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.
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           A youth, leaping over the spiked pales, . . . was
           caught by those spikes.                  --Wiseman.
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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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