Spearhead attached to a long pole

Usage examples of pike.

The arquebusiers poured their fire into them as they crossed the moat, and then fell back behind their comrades, who were armed with pike and sword.

Pike was sure Badger was not in, and began to think that he might save himself bruises and rough treatment by apparent acquiescence.

Pike asked, baiting the kid, who really should have known his history better than that.

Hunter found himself in the middle of a wild melee, fought with pistols, belaying pins, boarding pikes, and swords.

After looking about me for some time I told the monk to stay still till I came back, and I set out, my pike in my hand, sitting astride the roof and moving along without any difficulty.

At last, whether convinced by my arguments or afraid Of my pike, he came towards me.

Graves mentions a captain of the yeomanry corps who while investigating the report that 500 pikes were concealed at the bottom of a cesspool in one of the city markets superintended the emptying of the cesspool, at the bottom of which the arms were found.

My very heart rose when I saw the bull-dog fellows clambering up the breach with their pikes at the trail, and never quavering in their psalm-tune, though the bullets sung around them as thick as bees in the hiving time.

I was certain of success, as he could not see the ends of the pike without twisting his head, and I saw no reason why he should divert his gaze from the plate, which he had enough to do to carry evenly.

The monk, who helped me as well as he could with the punch I had taken from the desk, trembled at the echoing clamour of my pike which must have been audible at some distance.

I took my pike, and concealing it in my right sleeve I got into a corner by the door, whence I could get out as soon as it was opened and run down the stairs.

In addition to carp and crucians, roaches, and the compulsory pike, the lake contained a red-blazed calf that could talk on St.

From farther down the street, storming through the city gate, Emich rode into town, surrounded by hundreds of followers brandishing pikes and staves.

There were no pikes in evidence, but each man wore a sword and long dagger ensheathed upon his belt, and their features looked hard in the light of guttering tapers mounted at odd intervals upon the stone walls.

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