PIKE

Definitions

1. 1. 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 It is now superseded by the bayonet.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. 2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target. Beau. & Fl.
3. 3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
4. 4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Raymond.
5. 5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
6. 6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
7. 7. A turnpike; a toll bar. Dickens.
8. 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.