pyke

pyke (third-person singular simple present pykes, present participle pyking, simple past and past participle pyked)

1. Obsolete form of peek.
2. Obsolete form of pick.

pyke (plural pykes)

1. Obsolete form of pike.

• kype

From Old English pīc, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz.

• pike, pik, pyk, pikke, pykke, peke

• IPA^(key): /piːk/, /pik/

pyke (plural pykes)

1. A sharp round point or projection.
2. A point or end of something in general; especially the end of a shoe.
3. A pike; a piercing weapon with a spike affixed.
4. A pickaxe; an axe with a chisel edge on one side.
5. A number of other tools noted for their pointiness.
6. A barb or talon of an animal or a plant.
7. A pike (fish with a barbed mouth (Esox lucius))
8. (rare) A peak; a hill.

• pikerel
• piken

• English: pike, peak; pick (in part)
• Scots: pike, pick

• “pī̆k(e (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.
• “pī̆k(e (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.

From Old English *piccian.

pyke

1. Alternative form of piken