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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Picador :: Picador (n.) A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives the first attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him without attempting to kill him..
Excerp :: Excerp (a.) To pick out.
Picksy :: Picksy (n.) See Pixy.
Pickle :: Pickle (v. t.) A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their color..
Picking :: Picking (a.) Nice; careful.
Pickpurse :: Pickpurse (n.) One who steals purses, or money from purses..
Wampee :: Wampee (n.) The pickerel weed.
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
Twibil :: Twibil (n.) A kind of mattock, or ax; esp., a tool like a pickax, but having, instead of the points, flat terminations, one of which is parallel to the handle, the other perpendicular to it..
Caper :: Caper (n.) The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles..
Pickeer :: Pickeer (v. i.) To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See Picaroon..
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..
Meaking :: Meaking (n.) The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked.
Pickery :: Pickery (n.) Petty theft.
Pickled :: Pickled (a.) Preserved in a pickle.
Piqueer :: Piqueer (v. i.) See Pickeer.
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
Pick :: Pick (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin..
Pick :: Pick (v. i.) To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble..
Mattock :: Mattock (n.) An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or the point of a pickax..
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