Spike: alternatives and connections

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.

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A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

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To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

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Fixed; solidified.

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Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; --…

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To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…

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To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

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To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.

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To appoint.

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The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.

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To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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Thrist.

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One who, or that which, climbs

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An a/rial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.

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A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.

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A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.

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To peen.

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A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.

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A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat.

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A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat.

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To make pale.

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To make pale.

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The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy.

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The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy.

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A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

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A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on c…

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A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not exten…

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A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.

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A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat.

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The organ of hearing; the external ear.

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To make pale.

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To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

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To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.

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That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in dr…

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The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on whic…

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To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart.

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