Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To remove a
spike from.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"And now he can't unspike it," guessed Johnny smilingly.
Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress George Randolph Chester 1896
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Fortune will so far favour us as to permit of our getting out again before the soldiers can unspike their guns; or should we anchor, as soon as inside, land a strong party, and capture and destroy the forts before attempting anything else?
Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess Harry Collingwood 1886
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When the story did break, in December 2005, Mr. Lichtblau shared the byline with intelligence affairs reporter James Risen, and Bush’s Law coughs up a behind-the-scenes account of the decision to spike and then unspike the eavesdropping scoop.
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