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any sense, -- as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker. "Pickers and stealers." Shak.

y painting. [Obs.] Any well-expressed image . . . either in picture or sculpture. Sir H. Wotton.

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet. Velvet soft, or plush with shaggy pile. Cowper.

A removable case or covering for a pillow, usually of white linen or cotton cloth.

A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.

A long, flat-bottomed canoe, used for the navigation of rivers and lagoons in Central America. Squier.

on of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation.

One who makes plaster casts. "The plasterer doth make his figures by addition." Sir H. Wotton.

a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column.

A mixture of hair and tar for covering the bottom of a ship.

contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme. The prince did plot to be secretly gone. Sir H. Wotton.

The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow. Plowshare bone (Anat.), the pygostyle.

A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other thing; a posy. Bacon.

A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops.

An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only. Poppet head, Puppet head. See Headstock (a).

move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble. Cotton.

The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered.

a day on which the mall arrives or departs. -- Post hackney, a hired post horse. Sir H. Wotton. -- Post horn, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman. -- Post horse, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the post. -- Post hour, hour for posting letters. Dickens. -…

A brief poetical sentiment; hence, any brief sentiment, motto, or legend; especially, one inscribed on a ring. "The posy of a ring." Shak.

Graphite, or black lead, often used on the bottoms of racing vessels to diminish friction.