Pike

Pike (pike)
n.	(?)
Pike
[F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus woodpecker (see Pie magpie

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 It is now superseded by the bayonet.

A pointed head or spike] esp., one in the center of a shield or target.

Beau. *** Fl.

A hayfork.

[Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.

A pick.

[Prov. Eng.] Wright. Raymond.

A pointed or peaked hill.

[R.]

A large haycock.

[Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A turnpike] a toll bar.

Dickens.

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.

* Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the wall-eye. See Wall-eye.

Gar pike. See under Gar. -- Pike perch (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic (Balænoptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; -- called also piked whale. -- Sand pike (Zoöl.), the lizard fish. -- Sea pike (Zoöl.), the garfish (a).

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