LekhoriLekhoriA sort of very large nail.
A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
The trap was lined with spikes.
Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
He vvears on his head the Corona Radiata, vvhich at that time vvas another type of his Divinity. The ſpikes that ſhoot out from the crovvn vvere to repreſent the rays of the Sun.
To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
to spike down planks
To set or furnish with spikes.
A male nickname.
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A surname transferred from the nickname.
From Middle English spike, spyke, spik, from Old Norse spík (“spike, sprig”), from Proto-Germanic *spīkō (“stick, splinter, point”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“to be pointed; sharp point, stick...
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To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.