Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spike \Spike\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spiked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Spiking}.]
   1. To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike
      down planks.

   2. To set or furnish with spikes.

   3. To fix on a spike. [R.] --Young.

   4. To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike
      nail, or the like into it.