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Boarding
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Board>>. II. Boarding ·noun The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile...

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boarding
An assault made by one vessel on another, by entering her in battle with a detachment of armed men. ...

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Pike
·noun & ·v A large haycock. II. Pike ·noun & ·v A turnpike; a toll bar. III. Pike ·noun & ·v A poi...

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to pike
To run away. Pike off; run away. ...

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pike
n. name applied in Australia and Tasmaniato two species of marine fish – – Sphyraena obtusata,Cuv. ...

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pike
(See half-pike.) A long, slender, round staff, armed at the end with iron. (See boarding-pike and py...

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boarding school
Bridewell, Newgate, or any other prison, or house of correction. ...

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boarding-book
A register which has for its object the recording all particulars relative to every ship boarded, a ...

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boarding-nettings
A framework of stout rope-netting placed where necessary, to obstruct an enemy's boarders. ...

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Etter pike
·noun The stingfish, or lesser weever (Tranchinus vipera). ...

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Gar pike
·- ·Alt. of <<Garpike>>. ...

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Half-pike
·noun A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a s...

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Morris-pike
·noun A Moorish pike. ...

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Pike-devant
·noun A pointed beard. ...

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Sea pike
·- The <<Garfish>>. II. Sea pike ·- The <<Merluce>>. III. Sea pike ·- A large serranoid food fish ...

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Pike, Albert
(1809-1891) Poet, b. at Boston, Mass., was in his early days a teacher, and afterwards a successful...

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sea-pike
n. a fish of New South Wales, Lanioperca mordax, Gunth., of the family Sphyraenidae. The name belon...

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frog-pike
A female pike, so called from its period of spawning being late, contemporary with the frogs. ...

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half-pike
An iron spike fixed on a short ashen staff, used to repel the assault of boarders, and hence frequen...

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morris-pike
A formidable Moorish weapon, the precursor of the boarding-pike. ...

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otter-pike
The lesser weever, Trachinus draco; also called sea-stranger. ...

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pike-turn
See chevaux de frise. ...

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trail a pike, to
To hold the spear end in the right hand, and the butt trailed behind the bearer. ...

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