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ith a lance, who in a bullfight receives the first attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him without attempting to kill him.

A pickle of various vegetables with pungent species, -- originally made in the East Indies.

A pick. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Raymond.

A miner who works with a pick. Beaconsfield.

To choose; to cull; to pick out. [Obs.] Herbert.

small crow. Called also caruck. -- Piping frog (Zoöl.), a small American tree frog (Hyla Pickeringii) which utters a high, shrill note in early spring. -- Piping hot, boiling hot; hissing hot; very hot. [Colloq.] Milton.

See Pickeer. [R.]

See Pickeerer. [R.]

See Picket. [R.]

An old English name for a fairy; an elf. [Written also picksy.]

An officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank. [Obs.] Shak.

fort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes. I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. Milton. E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked his gown to share the good…

To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink. Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. W. Irving.

g or abscess on a horse's head, confined beneath the great ligament of the neck. -- Poll pick (Mining), a pole having a heavy spike on the end, forming a kind of crowbar. -- Poll tax, a tax levied by the head, or poll; a capitation tax.

A kind of sauce or pickle. King.

Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned. [Obs.] Powdered beef, pickled meats. Harvey.

Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman. "A practiced picklock." Ld. Lytton.

begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies. [Slang] Swift. So long as he picked from the filth his prog. R. Browning.

, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling. Flowering purslane, or Great flowered purslane, the Portulaca grandiflora. See Portulaca. -- Purslane tree, a South African shrub (Portulacaria Afra) with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves. -- Sea purslane, a s…

put up any of the rent." Spelman. (f) To lay side or preserve; to pack away; to store; to pickle; as, to put up pork, beef, or fish. (g) To place out of sight, or away; to put in its proper place; as, put up that letter. Shak. (h) To incite; to instigate; -- followed by to; as, he put the lad up to mischief. (i) To rai…