To sharpen to a point.
Covered with, or having, spicules.
Covered with minute spiculae, or pointed fleshy appendages; divided into small spikelets.
To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination. Flame percussed by air giveth a noise. Bacon. To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See Percussion, 3. Quain.