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Handspike :: Handspike (n.) A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes..

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

Spike :: Spike (n.) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.

Spike :: Spike (n.) An ear of corn or grain.

Spike :: Spike (n.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.

Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks..

Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To set or furnish with spikes.

Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To fix on a spike.

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

Spike :: Spike (n.) Spike lavender. See Lavender.

Spikebill :: Spikebill (n.) The hooded merganser.

Spikebill :: Spikebill (n.) The marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa).

Spiked :: Spiked (imp. & p. p.) of Spik.

Spiked :: Spiked (a.) Furnished or set with spikes, as corn; fastened with spikes; stopped with spikes..

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

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..

Spikenard :: Spikenard (n.) An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the Aralia racemosa, often called spignet, and used as a medicine. The spikenard of the ancients is the Nardostachys Jatamansi, a native of the Himalayan region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair is still prepared in India..

Spikenard :: Spikenard (n.) A fragrant essential oil, as that from the Nardostachys Jatamansi..

Spiketail :: Spiketail (n.) The pintail duck.

Spiking :: Spiking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spik.

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

Spiky :: Spiky (a.) Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes..

Unspike :: Unspike (v. t.) To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon..