SPIKY
Spik"y, 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.
SPILE Spile, n. Etym: [Cf. LG. spile, dial. G. speil, speiler, D. spijl. *170.]
1. A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.
2. A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple.
3. A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile. Spile hole, a small air hole in a cask; a vent.
SPILE
Spile, v. t.
Defn: To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.
SPILIKIN Spil"i*kin, n. Etym: [OD. spelleken a small pin. See Spill a splinter.]