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

Ear :: Ear (n.) The spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels..

Fumitory :: Fumitory (n.) The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. F. officinalis is a common species, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic..

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

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

Stabbingly :: Stabber (n.) A small marline spike; a pricker.

Pick :: Pick (n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.

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

Sedge :: Sedge (n.) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species..

Timothy Grass :: Timothy grass () A kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; -- called also herd's grass, in England, cat's-tail grass, and meadow cat's-tail grass. It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix..

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

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

Jager :: "Jager (n.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain, and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua)..

Water Torch :: Water torch () The common cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the spike of which makes a good torch soaked in oil..

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

Spelk :: Spelk (n.) A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.

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

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

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

Spicated :: Spicated (a.) Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes..

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