Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Spiking"
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.
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