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    A pike pole is a long metal-topped wooden, aluminium or fiberglass pole used for reaching, hooking and/or pulling on another object. They are variously...
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  • Look up Pike, pike, or pikes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to: Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph...
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    buildings to slow a fire, much the same way modern firefighters use a pike pole. The kama-yari is believed to have been developed by Kakuzenbo Hoin In’ei...
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    where it is called "Sappie, Zapin, Sapine". It is distinguished from a pike pole by having a shorter handle, no metal point, and an opposite curve to its...
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    regions than inland ones. The northern pike gets its common name from its resemblance to the pole-weapon known as the pike (from the Middle English for 'pointed')...
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    fish's backbone) and then pull the fish out of the water like using a pike pole. Fishing activities that are solely done with gaffs are known as gaffing...
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    of Cossacks with pike poles were gathering on the shore; after a signal was given, they rushed on the ice, broke it with their poles, and speared and...
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    crew." Other men worked with them from the bank, pushing logs away with pike poles. Others worked with horses and oxen to pull in the logs that had strayed...
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    common use is as a docking and undocking aid. It may be similar to a pike pole, however it commonly has a blunt tip, for pushing during undocking, with...
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    Portland, Oregon, to be a logger complete with plaid shirt, caulk boots, and pike pole. On the way, my car slipped on the road and the accident left me with...
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