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Fork
·vi To shoot into blades, as corn.
II. Fork ·noun The <<Gibbet>>.
III. Fork ·vi To divide into two...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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fork
A pickpocket. Let us fork him; let us pick his pocket.--'The newest and most dexterous way, which is...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Pick
·v To open (a lock) as by a wire.
II. Pick ·v To <<Trim>>.
III. Pick ·noun Choice; right of select...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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pick
In mercantile usage, and among manufacturers, a pick is a thread. The relative quality of cotton clo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Fork-tailed
·adj Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed;
— said of many bir...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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to fork over
To hand over; to pay over, as money. A common expression in colloquial language.
He groaned in spir...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fork-beams
Short or half beams to support the deck where there is no framing, as in the intervention of hatchwa...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Pick-fault
·noun One who seeks out faults.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pick-up
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Pickup>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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tooth-pick
A large stick. An ironical expression.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pick-back
On the back.--Johnson. We often use the word with children. To ride pick-back, is for a child to rid...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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pick-up
A pick-up, or a pick-up dinner, is a dinner made up of such fragments of cold meats as remain from f...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dinch-pick
a three-grain'd fork, used for loading dung. Glouc.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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pick-ace
the ace of spades. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Pick-me-up
·add. ·noun A stimulant, restorative, or tonic; a bracer.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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pick-it-up
n.
a boys' name for the Diamondbird (q.v.).
1896. G. A. Keartland, `Horne Expedition in CentralAus...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pick up a wind, to
Traverses made by oceanic voyagers; to run from one trade or prevalent wind to another, with as litt...
The Sailor's Word-Book