pike

pike
1. noun
a) A very long thrusting spear used two-handed by infantry both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a counter-measure against cavalry assaults. The pike is not intended to be thrown.

Each had a small ax in the foreangle of his saddle, and a pike about fourteen feet long, the weapon with which he charged;

b) A sharp point, such as that of the weapon.

During the earlier part of this period, the long pike disappeared from the shoe, but in the later part it returned in greater longitude than ever.

2. verb
a) To attack, prod, or injure someone with a pike.

Dont pike on me like you did last time!

b) To quit or back out of a promise.

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