PIKE

n. & v. --n. 1 hist. an infantry weapon with a pointed steel or iron head on a long wooden shaft. 2 N.Engl. the peaked top of a hill, esp. in names of hills in the Lake District. --v.tr. thrust through or kill with a pike. øpike on colloq. withdraw timidly from. [OE pic point, prick: sense 2 perh. f. ON]