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† ˈfire-pike Obs.
1. An instrument for stirring or making up a fire.
1413Lydg. Pilg. Sowle iii. vii. (1483) 55 With fyre pykes they cast them in the forneis. 1532Inv. in Noake Worcester Monast. (1866) 157 Two awndyerns, a fyer pycke. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 65/1 When this triumphant martyr had beene pressed downe with firepikes.
2. A fire-bearing pike or lance used in sea-fights. Also used as a signal of distress.
1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. (Spenser Soc.) 528 The Frigots..threw fire pots in at the Ports and stucke fire pikes in her sides. 1635Ld. Lindsey in Sir W. Monson Naval Tracts iii. (1704) 335/1 If your Ship should happen to run aground..in the night, You shall burn a Fire-Pike. 1644Prynne & Walker Fiennes' Trial App. 10 They made their often attempts with Scaling Ladders, Fire-pickes, Granadoes. |