Crossword-Solution: SPIKING 7 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 14

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Spiking p. pr. & vb. n. of Spike

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SPIKING anagram PIGSKIN

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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with SPIKING (5)

The word is used in several industries; telephone engineers refer to spiking a relay by inserting a pin to hold the relay in either the closed or open state, and railroaders refer to spiking a track switch so that it cannot be moved.
The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 Various 1992
All that Sunday I listened to people who said that the mere fact of spiking down strips of iron to wood, and getting a steam and iron thing to run along them was progress, that the telephone was progress, and the net-work of wires overhead was progress.
American Notes Rudyard Kipling 1997
Though it was not clear what the artist meant to express by depicting the so-called King of Rome spiking the earth with a stick, the allegory apparently seemed to Napoleon, as it had done to all who had seen it in Paris, quite clear and very pleasing.
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 2001
They won't get that nail out soon.” He went along the wall spiking each gun until they reached the half company drawn up in the bastion.
Won by the Sword G.A. Henty 2004
You will be at once supported if we hear firing.” Then he retraced his steps along the ramparts, passed over the gateway, and saw to the spiking of each gun as far as the next angle of the wall.
Won by the Sword G.A. Henty 2004

Quotes with SPIKING (3)

There is one thing I like about the Poles — their language. Polish, when it is spoken by intelligent people, puts me in ecstasy. The sound of the language evokes strange images in which there is always a greensward of fine spiked grass in which hornets and snakes play a great part. I remember days long back when Stanley would invite me to visit his relatives; he used to make me carry a roll of music because he wanted to show me off to these rich relatives. I remember this atm…
Henry Miller Sexus
Strange how mean words can return to ones thoughts, years after they’ve been callously thrown at you. They replay in your mind, spiking a sense of remembered pain. Nasty name calling can be an ugly memory that stabs unexpectedly — not unlike a nightmare where you wake up crying. Sticks and stones, may break your bones — yet, cruel names can hurt you.
Nikki Sex Abuse
If you can try to nap where someone's sitting, Although there is another empty chair, Then rub against his ankle without quitting Until he rises from your favorite lair; If you can whine and whimper by a portal Until the bolted door is opened wide, Then howl as if you've got a wound that's mortal Until he comes and lets you back inside; If you can give a guest a nasty spiking, But purr when you are petted by a thief; If you can find the food not to your liking Because they pu…
Henry N. Beard Poetry for Cats: The Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse
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Appears in: NYT, USA TODAY.

Used 2 times in crossword archives (1981–2025).