| pickerel | 1. A young or small pike. "Bet [better] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel." (Chaucer) 2. <zoology> Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, especially. The smaller species. The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye. The federation, or chain, pickerel (Esox reticulatus) and the brook pickerel (E. Americanus) are the most common American species. They are used for food, and are noted for their voracity. About the Great Lakes the pike is called pickerel. <botany> Pickerel weed, a blue-flowered aquatic plant (Pontederia cordata) having large arrow-shaped leaves. So called because common in slow-moving waters where pickerel are often found. Origin: Dim. Of Pike Alternative forms: pickerell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| pickering | <zoology> The sauger of the St.Lawrence River. Origin: Probably a corruption of Pickerel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| picket | 1. A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses. 2. A pointed pale, used in marking fences. 3. [Probably so called from the picketing of the horses. A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; called also outlying picket. 4. By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labour organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance. 5. A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake. 6. A game at cards. See Piquet. Inlying picket A position held and guarded by small bodies of men placed at intervals. A rope to which horses are secured when groomed. Picketpin, an iron pin for picketing horses. Origin: F. Piquet, properly dim. Of pique spear, pike. See Pike, and cf. Piquet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| picketee | <botany> See Picotee. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| picking | 1. The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick. 2. The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering. 3. That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned. 4. Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered. 5. The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks. 6. <chemical> Rough sorting of ore. 7. Overburned bricks. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pickle | 1. A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc, may be preserved or corned; brine. Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc. 2. Any article of food which has been preserved in brine or in vinegar. 3. 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 colour. 4. A troublesome child; as, a little pickle. To be in a pickle, to be in disagreeable position; to be in a condition of embarrassment, difficulty, or disorder. "How cam'st thou in this pickle?" . To put a rod in pickle, to prepare a particular reproof, punishment, or penalty for future application. Origin: Cf. D. Pekel. Probably a dim. Fr. Pick, alluding to the cleaning of the fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pickling | In dentistry, the process of cleansing metallic surfaces of the products of oxidation and other impurities by immersion in acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pickmire | <zoology> The pewit, or black-headed gull. Origin: So called from its picking its food from the mire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pickwickian syndrome | <syndrome> The combination of obesity, somnolence, hypoventilation (underbreathing), and plethoric (red) face named after the fat and red-faced boy in a state of somnolency in charles dickens' novel the pickwick papers. (the same boy is thought by some to have had prader-willi syndrome). (12 Dec 1998) |
| Pickworth, F | <person>. See: Lepehne-Pickworth stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pick's disease |
A form of dementia characterized by a slowly progressive deterioration of social skills and changes in personality leading to impairment of intellect, memory, and language. [CancerWEB]
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| pick |
a filling thread or yarn that runs crosswise (horizontally) in woven goods. The pick interlaces with the warp to form a woven cloth.
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| pickling |
The practice of adding enough vinegar or lemon juice to a low-acid food to lower its pH to 4.6 or lower. Properly pickled foods may be safely heat processed in boiling water.
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| pickling |
Process where steel coils are cleaned using hydrochloric baths to remove impurities such as rust, dirt, and oil.
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One thread of filling either before weaving or in cloth. Number of picks per inch of warp is measure of fineness of fabric.
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| pick | harass with constant criticism |
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| pick | eat intermittently |
| pick | hit lightly with a picking motion |
| pick | look for and gather |
| pick | attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example |
| pick | pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion, as of guitar strings |
| pick | provoke |
| pick | pay for something |
| pick | pilfer or rob |
| pick | find fault with |
| pick | express a negative opinion of |
| pick | eat like a bird |