Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To sharpen to a point.
- To cover with or stick full with fine points, darts, etc.
- In zoology, sharp-pointed; spicate.
- Covered with or divided into fine points.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Covered with, or having, spicules.
- adjective (Bot.) Covered with minute spiculæ, or pointed fleshy appendages; divided into small spikelets.
- transitive verb rare To sharpen to a point.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
sharpen to apoint .
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