Definition of pick

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Pick (v.) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc..

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Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
Picket :: Picket (n.) A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake..
Pickled :: Pickled (a.) Preserved in a pickle.
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 (v. t.) To fortify with pointed stakes.
Pickery :: Pickery (n.) Petty theft.
Pickeered :: Pickeered (imp. & p. p.) of Pickee.
Back :: Back (n.) A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc..
Toothpicker :: Toothpicker (n.) A toothpick.
Spicknel :: Spicknel (n.) An umbelliferous herb (Meum Athamanticum) having finely divided leaves, common in Europe; -- called also baldmoney, mew, and bearwort..
Picketing :: Picketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Picke.
Bilimbing :: Bilimbing (n.) The berries of two East Indian species of Averrhoa, of the Oxalideae or Sorrel family. They are very acid, and highly esteemed when preserved or pickled. The juice is used as a remedy for skin diseases..
Pickle :: Pickle (v. t.) Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc..
Picksy :: Picksy (n.) See Pixy.
Peck :: Peck (v.) Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements..
Picketed :: Picketed (imp. & p. p.) of Picke.
Bung :: Bung (n.) A sharper or pickpocket.
Gherkin :: Gherkin (n.) A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles..
Picked :: Picked (a.) Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men..
Oakum :: Oakum (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc..
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