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Spiky
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Like a spike; spikelike. These spiky, vivid outbursts of metallic vapors. C. A. Young.
2. Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes. Or by the spiky harrow cleared away. Dyer. The spiky wheels through heaps of carnage tore. Pope.