Meanings (ES + gloss)
pica
A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.
An arme pike which a weake man maye use or handle very reddily with such force as a man will not thincke, and the same pike will also become a very good shotte at all tymes.
Wounded and overthrown, the Britons continued their resistance, clung round the legs of the Norman steeds, and cumbered their advance; while their brethren, thrusting with pikes, p…
lucio
Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
If you fish for pike with a live-bait, snap tackle, or spinning, it should always be with the hooks attached to gimp, in consequence of the several rows of sharp teeth with which t…
Lord Erskine soon afterwards came to Brighton, and told Mrs. Coutts, if she would give him a dinner he would provide the fish from his own pond. She agreed; and his present proved…
Phrases
Amur pikeScafell Pikeblackspotted pikeboarding pikecome down the pikedaggertooth pike congerfire pikegarpikehalf-pikehalfpikehornpikemackerel pikemorris-pikenorthern pikepickerelpike and shotpike characinpike polepike-devantpike-perchpikeheadpikelikepikemanpikeminnowpikeperchpikestaffpikeypikiepuckpush of pikesea pikewalleyed pike
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