What is the name meaning of SPIKES. Phrases containing SPIKES
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SPIKES
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Spike.
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Boy/Male
Tamil
Boy/Male
Biblical
My secret.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi
Symbol of Protection; Thread of Brother
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Knowledge; Intellect
Boy/Male
British, English
Son of Harold
Boy/Male
Indian
Fresh, Dear, Rare, Pinnacle
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, French, German, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Oriya, Parsi, Pashtun, Sindhi, Swedish, Telugu, Turkish
Sincere; Just; Fair; Judicious; Honest; Righteous; Negotiation; Exchange; Justice; Upright; Kindness; Fear; Nest
Girl/Female
Hindu
Evening, Twilight, Dusk
Girl/Female
Biblical
Be opened.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : of uncertain origin; perhaps a topographic name from Middle English fern ‘fern’ + heye ‘enclosure’, or possibly a habitational name from a minor place so named. Compare Forney, Furney.Variant of German Farner.
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a.
Having spikes, or ears, like corn spikes.
v. t.
To set or furnish with spikes.
n.
A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed grass. There are about seventeen species in the Atlantic United States.
v. t.
To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.
n.
A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt.
a.
Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes.
n.
A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.
a.
Bearing ears, or spikes; spicate.
a.
Furnished or set with spikes, as corn; fastened with spikes; stopped with spikes.
n.
A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil.
n.
A beam with projecting spikes, used to make a breach impassable.
n.
A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes. It is hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy.
n.
A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. H. orientalis is a common variety.
a.
Resembling the tail of a squirrel; -- generally said of branches which are close and dense, or of spikes of grass like barley.
n.
Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (T. mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna.
n.
A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage.
n.
A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil, n., 6, and Willy.
a.
Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes.