spiking

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spiking - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. To set or furnish with spikes.
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     3. To fix on a spike. [R.] --Young.
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     4. To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike
        nail, or the like into it.
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