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Definition of Piking
1. pike [v] - See also: pike
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piking
Literary usage of Piking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1820)
"As soon as I got down to where the men were piking You say they were piking, ...
They were piking two men ; I saw the body of one, and the bead of another ..."
2. Transmission Line Construction, Methods and Costs by Ruben Alvin Lundquist (1912)
"While data are given for poles up to 60 ft. it is not very often that lines,
using poles over 40 ft. as standard, employ piking to raise their poles. ..."
3. Annual Report of the Chief Com'r by New Brunswick Dept. of Public Works (1877)
"JOHN DOYLE, SUPERVISOR. piking 122 rods, $25 70 r repairs, 19 30 — $45 00 From
... $2050 Curtis, raising six tier do 30 00 ROADWORK— piking ..."
4. A Report of the Proceedings in Cases of High Treason at a Court of Oyer and by William Ridgeway (1803)
"A. As foon as I got down to where the men were •piking Q^ What happened afterwards ?
... Qi You fay, they were piking—what do you mean by that ? ..."
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