Spiked
['spaɪkt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Spike
(a.) Furnished or set with spikes, as corn; fastened with spikes; stopped with spikes.
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Examples
- If well spiked there will be no danger from spreading at the corners. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- We returned with 175 prisoners and two guns, and spiked four other pieces. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On our going into the entry and ringing a bell, a very hideous boy came out of a sort of office and looked at us over a spiked wicket. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Round about, spiked, slashed snow-peaks pricked the heaven. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It's a pity we didn't, sir; but it ain't much good to them, for I've spiked it proper. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They were spiked down on ordinary sleepers laid upon the natural grade, and the gauge was about three feet six inches. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The poor canon of the cathedral of Paris was spiked again. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As to the road: The rails were light and were spiked to ordinary sleepers, with a gauge of about three and one-half feet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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