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Picket :: Picket (n.) A pointed pale, used in marking fences..

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..

Picketee :: Picketee (n.) See Picotee.

Lariat :: Lariat (n.) A long, slender rope made of hemp or strips of hide, esp. one with a noose; -- used as a lasso for catching cattle, horses, etc., and for picketing a horse so that he can graze without wandering..

Pale :: Pale (n.) A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket..

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 (v. t.) To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse..

Piquet :: Piquet (n.) See Picket.

Paling :: Paling (n.) Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a limit; an inclosure..

Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.

Picketed :: Picketed (imp. & p. p.) of Picke.

Picket :: Picket (n.) A game at cards. See Piquet.

Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

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.

Picketing :: Picketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Picke.

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 (v. t.) To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket..

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