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. pike on colloq. withdraw timidly from.
[ OE pic point, prick: sense 2 perh. f. ON ]