Definition of pick

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Pick (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch..

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Picked :: Picked (a.) Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes.
Pick :: Pick (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones..
Glean :: Glean (v. t.) To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.
Pick :: Pick (v.) To trim.
Pluck :: Pluck (v. t.) Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes..
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..
Meaking :: Meaking (n.) The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked.
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
Unstitch :: Unstitch (v. t.) To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, the stitches of; as, to unstitch a seam..
Mango :: Mango (n.) A green muskmelon stuffed and pickled.
Pickapack :: Pickapack (adv.) Pickaback.
Caperberry :: Caperberry (n.) The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment..
Pickle :: Pickle (v. t.) Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc..
Pickeered :: Pickeered (imp. & p. p.) of Pickee.
Oilman :: Oilman (n.) One who deals in oils; formerly, one who dealt in oils and pickles..
Souse :: Souse (n.) Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine..
Picking :: Picking (n.) The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering..
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..
Arsenopyrite :: Arsenopyrite (n.) A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel..
Peck :: Peck (v.) To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up..
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