PICKETING
PICK'ETING, participle present tense Inclosing or fortifying with pickets.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PICKING
PICK'ING, participle present tense Pulling off with the fingers or teeth; selecting.PICK'ING, noun The act of plucking; selection; gathering; gleaning.
PICKLE
PICK'LE, noun Brine; a solution of salt and water, sometimes impregnated with spices, in which flesh, fish or other substance is preserved; as pickle for beef; pickle for capers...
PICKLE-HERRING
PICKLE-HER'RING, noun A merry Andrew; a zany; a buffoon.
PICKLOCK
PICK'LOCK, noun [pick and lock.] An instrument for opening locks without the key.1. A person who picks locks.
PICKNICK
PICK'NICK, noun An assembly where each person contributes to the entertainment.
PICKPOCKET
PICK'POCKET, noun One who steals from the pocket of another.
PICKPURSE
PICK'PURSE, noun One that steals from the purse of another.
PICKTHANK
PICK'THANK, noun An officious fellow who does what he is not desired to do, for the sake of gaining favor; a whispering parasite.
PICKTOOTH
PICK'TOOTH, noun An instrument for picking or cleaning the teeth. [But toothpick is more generally used.]
PICO
PICO, noun A peak; the pointed head of a mountain.
PICROLITE
PIC'ROLITE, noun A mineral composed chiefly of the carbonate of magnesia, of a green color. [See Pikrolite.]
PICROMEL
PIC'ROMEL, noun [Gr. bitter.] The characteristic principle of bile.
PICROTOXIN
PICROTOX'IN, noun [Gr. bitter, and Latin toxicum.] The bitter and poisonous principle of the Cocculus Indicus.
PICT
PICT, noun [Latin pictus, pingo.] A person whose body is painted.
PICTORIAL
PICTO'RIAL, adjective [Latin pictor, a painter.] Pertaining to a painter; produced by a painter.
PICTURAL
PIC'TURAL, noun A representation. [Not in use.]
PICTURE
PIC'TURE, noun [Latin pictura, from pingo, to paint.]1. A painting exhibiting the resemblance of any thing; a likeness drawn in colors.Pictures and shapes are but secondary obje...
PICTURED
PIC'TURED, participle passive Painted in resemblance; drawn in colors; represented.
PICTURESK
PICTURESK', adjective [Latin pictura, or pictor. In English, this would be picturish.] Expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture, natural or artifi...
PICTURESKLY
PICTURESK'LY, adverb In a picturesque manner.
PICTURESKNESS
PICTURESK'NESS, noun The state of being picturesque.
PICTURESQUE
PICTURESQUEPICTURESQUELYPICTURESQUENESSPID'DLE, verb intransitive [This is a different spelling of peddle, or from the same source.]1. To deal in trifles; to spend time in trifl...
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PIDDLE
PID'DLE, v.i. [This is a different spelling of peddle, or from the same source.]1. To deal in trifles; to spend time in trifling objects; to attend to trivial concerns or the sm...
PIDDLER
PID'DLER, noun One who busies himself about little things.1. One that eats squeamishly or without appetite.