Dictionary entry

Spiky

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Spik″y (spīk″y̆), 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.