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pike

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Searchable Lemmata: pike (ME), pike (MdE).
Alternate Forms: pyk, pyke, pykes, pykys.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Accessory; pointed object; spike; In clothing contexts, an extravagantly pointed toe on a shoe or a boot; also, the pointed shoe or boot itself.(1394 still in current use)
1. [504] ... G. cordewaner ... Item, in ij paribus pykes de baleyn ... [505] ... Pro coreo harnesii [pro] hastiludiis et pro factura ij frendes ... In emendacione j celle pro hastiludiis ... non computatum ... i pilwe stuffato et la stuff cooperato cum coreo rubro, xx d. ... In iiij ermyns expensis in purfyle Accounts. (citations from individual page of text may not appear in original order) [MED Wardrobe Acc.Rich.II in Archaeol.62 (504-5) 1394]
2. Men deformen hor body by hor foule atyre, as pikes of schoone and garlondes of hedes and tatering of clothes beren opun wittenesse ... Men þat boosen hor brestis ... in þis pride synnen wymmen in makyng of hor bosis [vr. boosus] Philosophy. [MED Wycl.DSins ((Bod 647) 124) circa 1400]
3. [The seed ... of the Cassia fistula is ... of the] gretnesse of a saucestre and shap most lyk þe pyk of a crakow sho [MED in Camd.54 (396) circa 1400]
4. Pro xij paribus de syngleware ... pro illis que fuerunt hemyd, vel cum longis pykes [MED Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.120 (194(b)) circa 1424/1434]
5. [394] ... Perre, perle: Margarita ... Peerle: Margarita, granulum ... [396] ... Pyke, of a schoo: Liripium ... [397] .... pylche: pellicium, pellicia ... [398] ... Pylet, skyn: Pellis Gloss. [MED PParv. ((Hrl 221) 394-8) circa 1440]
6. [505a] ... And also to ordeyn and stablissh that noo man, but such as have possessions to the yerely value of .xl.li. or above, use or were, fro the seid fest, eny furres of martirons, funes, letyce, pured grey, menyver, nor noo wyf, sonne, doughter or servaunt of eny such man, the same sonne and doughter beyng in his rule and governaunce, nor noo woman wydowe, but such as have possessions of the seid yerely value of .xl.li., use or were eny of the seid furres, or eny girdell harneysed with gold or with silver in eny part therof overgilt, or eny corse of silke made oute of this reame, or eny kerchef wherof the price of a \plyght/ shall excede the somme of .iij. s. .iiij. d. uppon peyn to forfeit to your highnes, for every defaute therof, .v. marc. Provided alwey that the forseid squiers menialx, sergeauntez, officers of youre seid houshold, yomen of the coroune, yomen of youre chambre and squiers and gentilmen havyng possessions of the seid yerely value of .xl.li.; and the forseid maires, recorders, aldermen, shirrefs and baillyfs of every of the seid citees, tounes and boroughs, and the seid barons of the .v. portes, and their wyfes, may use and were the forseid furres of mattrones, funes, letyce, pured grey or pured menyver; and also that \their seid wyfes may/ use and were gilt gyrdils and kerchiefs of the price of a plyte of .v. s. And ferthermore to ordeyn and stablissh that noo man, but such as hath possessions of the yerely value of .xl. s., use nor were in aray for his body, fro the seid fest, eny fustian, bustian nor fustian of napuls, scarlet cloth engreyned; nor noo pellure but blak lambe or white lambe; all maiers, aldermen, shirrefs, barons of the .v. portes, baillifs of citees and boroughs, and other afore provided, and their wyfes, and the meniall servauntez of yomens degree of lordes, knyghtes, squiers and other gentilmen, havyng possessions of the seid yerely value of .xl.li., except; uppon peyn to forfeit to youre highnes, at every defaute, .xl. s. And also to ordeyn and stablissh that noo yoman, nor noon other persone under that degree, fro the fest of Seint Peter called thadvincle next commyng, use nor were in the aray for his body, eny bolsters nor stuffe of wolle, coton nor cadas, nor other stuffer in his doublet, save lynyng accordyng to the same; uppon the peyn to forfeit to youre highnes, at every defaute, .vi. s. .viij. d. And ferther to ordeyn and stablissh that noo knyght under thastate of a lorde, squier, gentilman nor other persone, use or were, from the fest of All Halowen next commyng, eny gowne, jaket or cloke, but it be of such lengh, as hit, he beyng upright, shall covere his pryve membres and buttokkes, uppon the peyn to forfeit to youre highnes, at every defaute, .xx. s. And also to ordeyn and stablissh that noo taillour make, after the same fest, to eny persone, eny gowne, jaket or cloke of lesse lengh, or doublet stuffed contrarie to the premissez, uppon the same peyne at every defaute. And also to ordeyn and stablissh that noo knyght under thastate of a lorde, squier, gentilman or other persone, use nor were, from the seid fest of Seint Peter, eny shoes or boteux, havyng pykes passyng the lengh of .ij. ynches; uppon the peyn to forfeit to youre highnes, at every defaute, .xl. d. And also to ordeyn and stablissh that yf eny corvyser make eny pykes of shoen or boteux, after the seid fest ... Legal. Citations from MED compared against and extended with PROME: Rosemary Horrox (ed.), 'Edward IV: Parliament of April 1463, Text and Translation', in The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, ed. C. Given-Wilson et al., 505 columns a-b. Internet version, at http://www.sd-editions.com/PROME, accessed on 14 July 2010. Scholarly Digital Editions, Leicester: 2005. [LexP PROME (Ed. IV: Parl. of April 1463, item 20 cont. (505a-b)) 1463/1464]
7. And that a payre of shoes be no more [in] price than thay was of olde tyme ... except lange pykys [MED Doc.in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1 (335) 1469]
8. But mony abusions comme from Boemia into Englonde with this qwene, and specially schoone with longe pykes, insomoche that thei cowthe not go untylle that thei were tyede to theire legges, usenge that tyme cheynes of silvyr at the pykes of theire schoone Historic. (work: ?1425; dating uncertain) [MED Higd.(2) Ctn. ((Hrl 2261) 497) ante 1475]
9. Alle so that yere the Pope sende a bulle for the Cordyners and cyrsyd thoo that made any longe pykys passynge ij yenchys of lengthe Historic. [MED Gregory's Chron. ((Eg 1995) 238) circa 1475]
10. A Pyke of A sho ... Rostrum Gloss. (dating uncertain) [MED *Cath.Angl. ((Add 15562) 95a) circa 1475]
ME, MdE.
Sex: Male    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Foot.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, OE pic and Old French pic (?from Germanic), and Middle Dutch picke, pecke, peke. ?Also cf. Old Icelandic pik? [MED]
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    Archaeological Evidence:

Grew, F. and M. De Neergaard (2001)