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Webster 1913 Edition
Pike
Pike
,Noun.
1.
(Mil.)
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 It is now superseded by the bayonet.
2.
A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target.
Beau. & Fl.
3.
A hayfork.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Tusser.
4.
A pick.
[Prov. Eng.]
Wright. Raymond.
5.
A pointed or peaked hill.
[R.]
6.
A large haycock.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
7.
A turnpike; a toll bar.
Dickens.
8.
(Zool.)
s
ing.
& pl.
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
(Zool.)
, – Pike pole
, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in directing floating logs.
– Pike whale
(Zool.)
, a finback whale of the North Atlantic (
– Balænoptera rostrata
), having an elongated snout; – called also piked whale
. Sand pike
(Zool.)
, the lizard fish.
– Sea pike
(Zool.)
, the garfish
(a)
.Webster 1828 Edition
Pike
PIKE
,Noun.
1.
A military weapon consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a flat steel head pointed; called the spear. This weapon was formerly used by infantry, but its use is now limited to officers, and it is called a sponton or spontoon. Its use among soldiers is superseded by the bayonet.2.
A fork used in husbandry; but we now use fork or pitchfork.3.
Among turners, the iron sprigs used to fasten any thing to be turned.4.
In ichthyology, a fish of the genus Esox, so named from its long shape or from the form of its snout. It is a fresh water fish, living in deep water and very voracious, but very palatable food. The pike, the tyrant of the flood.