Vocabulary : Spigurnel to Spiky

Spigurnel : Formerly the title of the sealer of writs in chancery.
Spike : A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward. ;; Anything resembling such a nail in shape. ;; An ear of corn or grain. ;; A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis. ;; To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks. ;; To set or furnish with spikes. ;; To fix on a spike. ;; To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it. ;; Spike lavender. See Lavender.
Spikebill : The hooded merganser. ;; The marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa).
Spiked : of Spike ;; Furnished or set with spikes, as corn; fastened with spikes; stopped with spikes.
Spikefish : See Sailfish (a)

Spikelet : A small or secondary spike; especially, one of the ultimate parts of the in florescence of grasses. See Illust. of Quaking grass.
Spikenard : An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the Aralia racemosa, often called spignet, and used as a medicine. The spikenard of the ancients is the Nardostachys Jatamansi, a native of the Himalayan region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair is still prepared in India. ;; A fragrant essential oil, as that from the Nardostachys Jatamansi.
Spiketail : The pintail duck.
Spiking : of Spike
Spiky : Like a spike; spikelike. ;; Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes.

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