The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.
The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering.
That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned.
Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered.
The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks. [Eng.] Simmonds.
Rough sorting of ore.
Overburned bricks. Simmonds.
Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.
Nice; careful. [Obs.] was too warm on picking work to dwell. Dryden. Picking peg. (Weaving) See Picker, n., 3.
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