Possible Definitions:
1. Spike (n.) A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
2. Spike (n.) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
3. Spike (n.) An ear of corn or grain.
4. Spike (n.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
5. Spike (v. t.) To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.
6. Spike (v. t.) To set or furnish with spikes.
7. Spike (v. t.) To fix on a spike.
8. Spike (v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it.
9. Spike (n.) Spike lavender. See Lavender.
