Толковый словарь английского языка - pike
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1. n. (pl. same) 1 a large voracious freshwater fish, Esox lucius, with a long narrow snout and sharp teeth. 2 any other fish of the family Esocidae. Phrases and idioms pike-perch any of various pikelike perches of the genus Lucioperca or Stizostedion. Etymology: ME, = PIKE(2) (because of its pointed jaw) 2. 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. Phrases and idioms pike on colloq. withdraw timidly from. Etymology: OE pic point, prick: sense 2 perh. f. ON 3. n. 1 a toll-gate; a toll. 2 a turnpike road. Etymology: abbr. of TURNPIKE 4. n. a jackknife position in diving or gymnastics. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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