To fasten with nails; to wound with a nail; to spike. Cf. cloy, v.1
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > putting weapons or equipment out of action > put weapons or equipment out of action [verb (transitive)] > silence a gun > by spiking (11) clowa1522 To fasten with nails; to wound with a nail; to spike. Cf. cloy, v.1 peg1551 To insert or drive a peg or pegs into; spec. transitive. To plug up (a thing); to spike (a cannon). Cf. spike, v.1 2. Obsolete. to nail up1562 transitive. Military = sense 2d. Obsolete. cloy1577 To spike (a gun), i.e. to render it useless by driving a spike or plug into the touch-hole. Obsolete. nail1598 To drive a nail or nails through or into. transitive. Military. To spike (a cannon or other heavy gun) by driving a nail into the touch hole. Cf… spick1623 = spike, v.1 1. spike1644 transitive. With up. spec. = sense 2. Obsolete. wedge1680 To render (a gun) useless by the insertion of a wedge. Obsolete. spike1687 To render (a gun) unserviceable by driving a spike into the touch-hole; also, to block or fill up (the touch-hole) with a spike. (Cf. 1b.) Also figur… Subcategories:— unspike (2) |
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