Pike (?), n. [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), and E. spike. Cf. [Pick], n. & v., [Peak], [Pique].]

1. [Military|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 It is now superseded by the bayonet.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. [Zoology|Zool.] sing. & 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] [Zoology|Zool.], 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] [Zoology|Zool.], a finback whale of the North Atlantic (Balaenoptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; -- called also [piked whale]. -- [Sand pike] [Zoology|Zool.], the lizard fish. -- [Sea pike] [Zoology|Zool.], the garfish (a).

© [Webster 1913].

Pike (definition)