Picker :: Picker (n.) 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..
Picker :: Picker (n.) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fiber.
Picker :: Picker (n.) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp..
Picker :: Picker (n.) A priming wire for cleaning the vent.
Picket :: Picket (n.) A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses..
Picket :: Picket (n.) A pointed pale, used in marking fences..
Picket :: Picket (n.) A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket..
Picket :: Picket (n.) By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance..
Picket :: Picket (n.) A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake..
Picket :: Picket (n.) A game at cards. See Piquet.
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To fortify with pointed stakes.
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.