SPIKES
Noun
spikes
plural of spike
Noun
spikes pl (plural only)
A pair of athletic shoes equipped with spikes on the sole and heel for better traction.
synonym of spike strip
Synonyms
• Shoes equipped with spikes on the sole: cleats, studs.
Verb
spikes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spike
Source: Wiktionary
SPIKE
Spike, n. Etym: [Akin to LG. spiker, spieker, a large nail, D.
spijker, Sw. spik, Dan. spiger, Icel. spik; all perhaps from L. spica
a point, an ear of grain; but in the sense of nail more likely akin
to E. spoke of a wheel. Cf. Spine.]
1. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with
points upward or outward.
2. Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
He wears on his head the corona radiata . . . ; the spikes that shoot
out represent the rays of the sun. Addison.
3. An ear of corn or grain.
4. (Bot.)
Definition: A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged
on an unbranched elongated axis. Spike grass (Bot.), either of two
tall perennial American grasses (Uniola paniculata, and U. latifolia)
having broad leaves and large flattened spikelets.
– Spike rush. (Bot.) See under Rush.
– Spike shell (Zoöl.), any pteropod of the genus Styliola having a
slender conical shell.
– Spike team, three horses, or a horse and a yoke of oxen,
harnessed together, a horse leading the oxen or the span. [U.S.]
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.
Spike, n. Etym: [Cf. G. spieke, L. spica an ear of grain. See
Spikenard.] (Bot.)
Definition: Spike lavender. See Lavender. Oil of spike (Chem.), a colorless
or yellowish aromatic oil extracted from the European broad-leaved
lavender, or aspic (Lavendula Spica), used in artist's varnish and in
veterinary medicine. It is often adulterated with oil of turpentine,
which it much resembles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition