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NOUN (2)

1. United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967);
[syn: Luce, Henry Luce, Henry Robinson Luce]

2. United States playwright and public official (1902-1987);
[syn: Luce, Clare Booth Luce]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. & v., Peak, Pique.] 1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet. [1913 Webster] 2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser. [1913 Webster] 4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond. [1913 Webster] 5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.] [1913 Webster] 6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens. [1913 Webster] 8. (Zool.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack. [1913 Webster] Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the wall-eye. See Wall-eye. [1913 Webster] Gar pike. See under Gar. Pike perch (Zool.), any fresh-water fish of the genus Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye, and Sauger. Pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in directing floating logs. Pike whale (Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic (Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; -- called also piked whale. Sand pike (Zool.), the lizard fish. Sea pike (Zool.), the garfish (a) . [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Luce \Luce\ (l[imac]s), n. [OF. lus, L. lucius a kind of fish.] (Zool.) A pike when full grown. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Luce n 1: United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967) [syn: Luce, Henry Luce, Henry Robinson Luce] 2: United States playwright and public official (1902-1987) [syn: Luce, Clare Booth Luce]
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):

Luce -- U.S. County in Michigan Population (2000): 7024 Housing Units (2000): 4008 Land area (2000): 903.083024 sq. miles (2338.974196 sq. km) Water area (2000): 1008.802908 sq. miles (2612.787425 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1911.885932 sq. miles (4951.761621 sq. km) Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26 Location: 46.461723 N, 85.593089 W Headwords: Luce Luce, MI Luce County Luce County, MI