01 n. A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.
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A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.(Mil.)
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2.
A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target.
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3.
A hayfork.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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4.
A pick.[Prov. Eng.]
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5.
A pointed or peaked hill.[R.]
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6.
A large haycock.[Prov. Eng.]
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7.
A turnpike; a toll bar.
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8.
A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack.(Zool.) Also: pickerel, gedd, luce, jack
Phrases & compounds
Gar pike —
See under Gar.
Pike perch —
any fresh-water fish of the genus Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye, and Sauger.
Pike pole —
a long pole with a pike in one end, used in directing floating logs.
Pike whale —
a finback whale of the North Atlantic (Balænoptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; -- called also piked whale.
Sand pike —
the lizard fish.
Sea pike —
the garfish (a).