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ˈspiculated, a.
[f. as prec. + -ed1.]
†1. Containing spiculæ. Obs.—1
1738D. Bayne Gout 105 Acrimony arises from the different modifications of spiculated salts. 1794R. J. Sulivan View Nat. I. 308 Blood and oil are globular; corrosive sublimate spiculated; and antimony is in small filaments, like needles.
2. Having the form of a spicula; slender and sharp-pointed.
1744Phil. Trans. XLIII. 186 From its upper End arise five spiculated Aristæ. 1768Elaboratory 218 The spiculated or needle-like form of the saline concretions.
3. Furnished with sharp points or spikelets.
1762tr. Büsching's Syst. Geog. I. 236 Some whales have Spicula in their jaws... Of the spiculated kind with a flat back, the chief is the real Greenland Whale. 1777Mason Eng. Garden ii. 16 Extend a rail of elm, securely arm'd With spiculated paling. 1836–9Todd's Cycl. Anat. II. 803 The spiculated edges of the cavity protruded into the pelvis. |