n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of tailless rodents of the genus Ochotona (formerly Lagomys), resembling small rabbits, but with short ears alnd legs. They inhabit the high mountains of Asia and America. Called also calling hare, and crying hare and rock rabbit. See Chief hare. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

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. (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 It is now superseded by the bayonet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A hayfork. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A pick. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A pointed or peaked hill. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A large haycock. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A turnpike; a toll bar. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gar pike. See under Gar. --
Pike perch (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 (Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic (Balænoptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; -- called also piked whale. --
Sand pike (Zool.), the lizard fish. --
Sea pike (Zool.), the garfish (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with a pike; ending in a point; peaked; pointed. “With their piked targets bearing them down.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pike point (fr. F. pique) + F. devant before. ] A pointed beard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A light, thin cake or muffin. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Pikeman 1. A soldier armed with a pike. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A miner who works with a pick. Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A keeper of a turnpike gate. T. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The staff, or shaft, of a pike. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Pintail, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) See Picrolite. [ 1913 Webster ]