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morris-pike
A formidable Moorish weapon, the precursor of the boarding-pike.
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Morris
·noun A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanet...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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morris
Come, morris off; dance off, or get you gone. allusion to morris, i.e. MORISCO, or Moorish dancing.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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to pike
To run away. Pike off; run away.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pike
n.
name applied in Australia and Tasmaniato two species of marine fish – – Sphyraena obtusata,Cuv. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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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Morris-chair
·add. ·noun A kind of easy-chair with a back which may be lowered or raised.
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Morris, William
(1834-1896)
Poet, artist, and socialist, b. at Walthamstow, and ed. at Marlborough School and Oxf. ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Morris' Wharf
South out of Thames Street, west of Baynard's Castle, in Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1755,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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kemp's morris
William Kemp, said to have been the original Dogberry in Much ado about Nothing, danced a morris fro...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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 ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pike, Albert
(1809-1891)
Poet, b. at Boston, Mass., was in his early days a teacher, and afterwards a successful...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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sea-pike
n.
a fish of New South Wales, Lanioperca mordax, Gunth., of the family Sphyraenidae. The name belon...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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boarding-pike
A defensive lance against boarders.
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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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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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Morris, Sir Lewis
(1833-1907)
Poet, b. at Penrhyn, Carnarvonshire, and ed. at Sherborne and Oxf., was called to the B...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Andro Morris Key
Appointed a general place for lading and discharging goods by Act of Parliament, 1559 (Strype, ed. 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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