spīco, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [spica], to furnish with spikes or ears (post-Aug., and usually in the part. perf.): grana in stipulā crinito textu spicantur, shoot out or put forth ears, Plin. 18, 7, 10, 60: chamaecissos spicata est tritici modo, id. 24, 15, 84, 135: herbarum spicatarum genus, id. 21, 17, 61, 101: testacea spicata,
a pavement of bricks
,
laid in the shape of ears of corn
, Vitr. 7, 1 med.; Plin. 36, 25, 62, 187: quam longa exigui spicant hastilia dentes,