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spiked |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. To set or furnish with spikes. 3. To fix on a spike. [R.] --Young. 4. To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spiked \Spiked\, a. Furnished or set with spikes, as corn; fastened with spikes; stopped with spikes. A youth, leaping over the spiked pales, . . . was caught by those spikes. --Wiseman. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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