Definition of picking

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

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Ravel :: Ravel (v. i.) To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern..
Picking :: Picking (n.) The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks.
Unstitch :: Unstitch (v. t.) To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, the stitches of; as, to unstitch a seam..
Picking :: Picking (n.) Rough sorting of ore.
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.
Bodkin :: Bodkin (n.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections..
Unpick :: Unpick (v. t.) To pick out; to undo by picking.
Picking :: Picking (n.) The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering..
Pick :: Pick (n.) A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock..
Picking :: Picking (n.) Overburned bricks.
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..
Picking :: Picking (n.) Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered..
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..
Picklock :: Picklock (n.) An instrument for picking locks.
Picking :: Picking (a.) Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound..
Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience.
Picking :: Picking (a.) Nice; careful.
Picking :: Picking (n.) That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned..
Picking :: Picking (n.) The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick..
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