pick

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

In mercantile usage, and among manufacturers, a pick is a thread. The relative quality of cotton cloth is denoted by the number of picks it has to the inch.

to pick

To eat like a bird; that is, slowly and by small morsels. Ex. 'I have little appetite, but think I can pick a bit;' 'You will find some good picking on that fowl.'

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