Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Pickaninny

Pick″a‐nin′ny (–nĭn′ny̆), n.; pl.Pickaninnies (–nĭz). [Cf. Sp. pequeño little, young.] A small child; especially, a negro or mulatto infant.

4133

Pickapack

Pick″a‐pack′ (?), adv. Pickaback.

4134

Pickax

{ Pick″ax′, Pick″axe′ } (–ăks′), n. [A corruption of OE. pikois, pikeis, F. picois, fr. pic. See Pick, n.] A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the othe...

4135

Pickback

Pick″back′ (?), adv. On the back.

4136

Picked

Pick″ed (?), a. 1. Pointed; sharp. “Picked and polished.” Chapman.Let the stake be made picked at the top. Mortimer.2. (Zoöl.) Having a pike or spine on the back; — said of cert...

4137

Pickedness

Pick″ed‐ness (?), n. 1. The state of being sharpened; pointedness.2. Fineness; spruceness; smartness.Too much pickedness is not manly. B. Jonson.

4138

Pickeer

Pick‐eer″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Pickeered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pickeering.] [F. picorer to go marauding, orig., to go to steal cattle, ultimately fr. L. pecus, pecoris, cattle;...

4139

Pickeerer

Pick‐eer″er (?), n. One who pickeers.

4140

Picker

Pick″er (?), n. [From Pick.] 1. One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, — as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker. “Pickers...

4141

Pickerel

Pick″er‐el (?), n. [Dim. of Pike.] [Written also pickerell.] 1. A young or small pike.Bet is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel. Chaucer.2. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species...

4142

Pickering

Pick″er‐ing (?), n. [Probably a corruption of Pickerel.] (Zoöl.) The sauger of the St.Lawrence River.

4143

Pickery

Pick″er‐y (?), n. [From Pick to steal; or perhaps from Pickeer.] Petty theft. Holinshed.

4144

Picket

Pick″et (?), n. [F. piquet, properly dim. of pique spear, pike. See Pike, and cf. Piquet.] 1. A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments,...

4145

Picket (2)

Pick″et, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Picketed; p. pr. & vb. n.Picketing.] 1. To fortify with pointed stakes.2. To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.3. To tether to, or as to, a pick...

4146

Picketee

Pick′e‐tee″ (?), n.(Bot.) See Picotee.

4147

Picking

Pick″ing, n. 1. The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.2. The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering.3. That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned.4. Pilfering; als...

4148

Picking (2)

Pick″ing, a. 1. Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.2. Nice; careful.was too warm on picking work to dwell. Dryden.Picking peg. (Weaving) See Picker, n., 3.

4149

Pickle

Pic″kle (?), n. See Picle.

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Pickle (2)

Pic″kle, n. [Cf. D. pekel. Probably a dim. fr. Pick, v. t., alluding to the cleaning of the fish.] 1. (a) A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserv...

4151

Pickle (3)

Pic″kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pickled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pickling (?).] 1. To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers...

4152

Pickle-herring

Pic″kle–her″ring (?), n. 1. A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring. Shak.2. A merry-andrew; a buffoon. Addison.

4153

Pickled

Pic″kled (?), a. Preserved in a pickle.

4154

Pickler

Pic″kler (?), n. One who makes pickles.

4155

Picklock

Pick″lock′ (?), n. 1. An instrument for picking locks. Shak.2. One who picks locks; a thief. “A picklock of secrets.” Jer. Taylor.

4156

Pickmire

Pick″mire′ (?), n. [So called from its picking its food from the mire.] (Zoöl.) The pewit, or black-headed gull.

4157

Picknick

Pick″nick (?), n. See Picnic.

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Pickpack

Pick″pack′ (?), adv. Pickaback.