Definition of pick

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Pick (v.) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket..

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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..
Picklock :: Picklock (n.) One who picks locks; a thief.
Pick :: Pick (v.) To throw; to pitch.
Marinate :: Marinate (v. t.) To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar; to prepare by the use of marinade..
Pickle :: Pickle (v. t.) A troublesome child; as, a little pickle..
Pickpurse :: Pickpurse (n.) One who steals purses, or money from purses..
Calver :: Calver (v. i.) To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon..
Drysalter :: Drysalter (n.) A dealer in salted or dried meats, pickles, sauces, etc., and in the materials used in pickling, salting, and preserving various kinds of food Hence drysalters usually sell a number of saline substances and miscellaneous drugs..
Picke :: Picke (n.) A small piece of land inclosed with a hedge; a close.
Toothpick :: Toothpick (n.) A pointed instument for clearing the teeth of substances lodged between them.
Purslane :: Purslane (n.) An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling..
Spicknel :: Spicknel (n.) An umbelliferous herb (Meum Athamanticum) having finely divided leaves, common in Europe; -- called also baldmoney, mew, and bearwort..
Samphire :: Samphire (n.) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles..
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse..
Guards :: Guards (n. pl.) A body of picked troops; as, The Household Guards..
Pickeer :: Pickeer (v. i.) To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See Picaroon..
Picker :: Picker (n.) A priming wire for cleaning the vent.
Cull :: Cull (v. t.) To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers..
Select :: Select (v. t.) To choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best authors for perusal..
Culler :: Culler (n.) One who picks or chooses; esp., an inspector who selects wares suitable for market..
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