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Picket
n.
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A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.
Picket
n.
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A pointed pale, used in marking fences.
Picket
n.
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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
n.
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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
n.
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A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
Picket
n.
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A game at cards. See Piquet.
Picketed
imp. & p. p.
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of Picket
Picketing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Picket
Picket
v. t.
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To fortify with pointed stakes.
Picket
v. t.
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To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
Picket
v. t.
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To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
Picket
v. t.
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To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
Picket
v. t.
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To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
Picketee
n.
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See Picotee.
Pick-fault
n.
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One who seeks out faults.
Picking
n.
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The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.
Picking
n.
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The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering.
Picking
n.
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That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned.
Picking
n.
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Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered.
Picking
n.
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The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks.
Picking
n.
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Rough sorting of ore.
Picking
n.
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Overburned bricks.
Picking
a.
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Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.
Picking
a.
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Nice; careful.
Pickle
n.
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See Picle.
Pickle
v. t.
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A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine.
Pickle
v. t.
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Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc.
Pickle
v. t.
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Any article of food which has been preserved in brine or in vinegar.
Pickle
v. t.
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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.
Pickle
v. t.
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A troublesome child; as, a little pickle.