Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SPIKE, v.t.

1. To fasten with spikes or long and large nails; as, to spike down the planks of a floor or bridge.
2. To set with spikes. A youth leaping over the spiked pales … was caught by the spikes. [ Unusual.] – Wiseman.
3. To stop the vent with spikes; as, to spike cannon.