To throw; to pitch.
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.
To separate or open by means of a sharp
point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum,
etc.
To open (a lock) as by a wire.
To pull apart or away, especially with the
fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the
stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc.
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.
To choose; to select; to separate as choice
or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to
pick one's way; -- often with out.
To take up; esp., to gather from here and
there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; --
often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to
pick up information.
To trim.
To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
To do anything nicely or carefully, or by
attending to small things; to select something with care.
To steal; to pilfer.
A
sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a
toothpick; a picklock.
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.
A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in
the center of a buckler.
Choice] right of selection; as, to have
one's pick.
That which would be picked or chosen first;
the best; as, the pick of the flock.
A particle of ink or paper
imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and
occasioning a spot on a printed sheet.
That which is picked in,
as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a
picture.
The blow which drives the
shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many
picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a
fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch.
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