spike : Idioms & Phrases

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creeping spike rush

  • noun cylindrical-stemmed sedge
    Eleocharis palustris.
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Marline spike, Marling spike

  • (Naut.), an iron tool tapering to a point, used to separate the strands of a rope in splicing and in marling. It has an eye in the thick end to which a lanyard is attached. See Fid. Written also marlin spike
Webster 1913

Marline-spike bird

  • . The name alludes to the long middle tail feathers. (Zoöl.) (a) A tropic bird. (b) A jager, or skua gull.
Webster 1913

Marling spike

  • . (Naut.) See under Marline.
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needle spike rush

  • noun fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums
    Eleocharis acicularis; hair grass; needle spike rush; needle rush.
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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.
Webster 1913

slender spike rush

  • noun fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums
    Eleocharis acicularis; hair grass; needle spike rush; needle rush.
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spike arrester

  • noun electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current
    spike arrester; surge protector; surge suppressor; lightning arrester.
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Spike grass

  • (Bot.), either of two tall perennial American grasses (Uniola paniculata, and U. latifolia) having broad leaves and large flattened spikelets.
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spike heath

  • noun small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
    Bruckenthalia spiculifolia.
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spike heel

  • noun a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
    stiletto heel; spike.
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spike lavender

  • noun Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil
    French lavender; Lavandula latifolia.
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spike lavender oil

  • noun pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics
    spike lavender oil.
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spike lee

  • noun United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
    Lee; Shelton Jackson Lee.
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spike mike

  • noun a contact microphone for listening through walls
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spike moss

  • noun any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella
    spikemoss; little club moss.
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spike oil

  • noun pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics
    spike lavender oil.
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spike out

  • verb bring forth a spike or spikes
    spike.
    • my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now
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Spike rush

  • noun a sedge of the genus Eleocharis
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  • . (Bot.) See under Rush.
Webster 1913

Spike shell

  • (Zoöl.), any pteropod of the genus Styliola having a slender conical shell.
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spike suppressor

  • noun electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current
    spike arrester; surge protector; surge suppressor; lightning arrester.
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Spike team

  • three horses, or a horse and a yoke of oxen, harnessed together, a horse leading the oxen or the span. U.S.
Webster 1913

spiked loosestrife

  • noun marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States
    purple loosestrife; Lythrum salicaria.
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texas purple spike

  • noun orchid with slender nearly leafless reddish-brown stems with loose racemes of reddish-brown flowers; of open brushy woods of southeastern Arizona and central Texas
    Hexalectris warnockii.
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