3 entries under this word

Spike

Spike, n.

noun

[Prov. Eng. spick, spiking; L. Ger. spiker, spieker, D. spiker, Sw. spik, Dan. spiger, Icel. spikari, a spike, allied to Lat. spica, a point, a dart. Cf. supra.]

A sort of very large nail.
An ear of corn or grain.
A shoot. Addison.
(Bot.) A species of inflorescence, in which sessile flowers are alternate on a common simple peduncle, as lavender, corn, and the like.

Spike, n.

noun

n. [Ger. spike, spieke, from Lat. spica, an ear of grain. See SPIKENARD.] The same as SPIKE-LAVENDER, q. v.

Spike, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SPIKED (spīkt); p. pr. & vb. n. SPIKING.]

To fasten with spikes, or long and large nails; as, to spike down the planks of a floor or bridge.
To set with spikes.

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

To fix on a spike. [Rare.] Young.
To stop the vent of with a spike, nail, or the like; as, to spike cannon.