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morris-pike Obs. exc. Hist.|ˈmɒrɪspaɪk|
Forms: 5 mareyspyke, marespike, 6 moryspeke, -peik, -pike, -pyke, morryspike, morespike, -pycke, morrespike, mo(o)rishe pike, pyke, morrisshe pike, morishpike, morest spycke, 6, 8 morispike, 7, 9 morrice-, morris-pike.
[f. morys, obs. var. Moorish a.2: cf. morris n.1]
A form of pike supposed to be of Moorish origin.
1487Rolls of Parlt. VI. 397/2 Marespikes, Bowes, Gonnes,..and many other Wepyns. 1517R. Torkington Pilgr. (1884) 8 Halbardes, Sperys, Moryspekys. 1545in St. Papers Hen. VIII, III. 543 Item, Morest Spyckes, laden with wylde fyer. 1548Rutland MSS. (1905) IV. 568 [Thirty] morrispykes. 1548Acts Privy Council (1890) II. 197 The municions folowing..morispikes, ml. Ibid., Morryspikes, ijml vijc. 1608[A. Munday] Reynard's Deliv. Christians B, The English Mariners so laid about them with..browne bills,..and morris pikes, that [etc.]. 1641Baker Chron., Hen. VIII (1653) 369 They entred the Gallies again with Morris Pikes, and began a new fight. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. xv. 190 They marched out of London..with guns, moris pikes, halberds, and flags. 1808Scott Marm. i. x, The guards their morrice-pikes advanc'd. 1877C. M. Yonge Cameos III. 188 The men who knew how to use harquebuses and morris-pikes were stationed round them.
†b. transf. A morris-pike-man. Obs.
1600Heywood 1st Pt. Edw. IV, iii. ii. (1613) F 4, With our Gunnes and billes browne O the French were beaten downe, Morrys pikes and bowmen. |