Obs. Also 6 spyker. [a. MDu. or MLG. spīker: see SPIKE sb.2] A spike-nail.

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1574.  in Feuillerat, Revels Q. Eliz. (1908), 237. Small spykers .j. dozen. Ibid. (1576), 263. Dimid. C of spykers, xvid.

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1658.  trans. Porta’s Nat. Magick, VII. i. 191. They have ships made fast to them by great spikers of wood.

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