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Picking :: Picking (n.) The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick..

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..

Picker :: Picker (n.) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fiber.

Pick :: Pick (n.) A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock..

Picking :: Picking (n.) Rough sorting of ore.

Picking :: Picking (a.) Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound..

Picking :: Picking (a.) Nice; careful.

Picking :: Picking (n.) Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered..

Unpick :: Unpick (v. t.) To pick out; to undo by picking.

Bodkin :: Bodkin (n.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections..

Picking :: Picking (n.) The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks.

Picklock :: Picklock (n.) An instrument for picking locks.

Picking :: Picking (n.) Overburned bricks.

Ravel :: Ravel (v. i.) To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern..

Floccillation :: Floccillation (n.) A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom in acute diseases..

Picking :: Picking (n.) That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned..

Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience.

Meaking :: Meaking (n.) The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked.

Ragpicker :: Ragpicker (n.) One who gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things in the streets.

Picking :: Picking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pic.

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