Pick

·v To open (a lock) as by a wire.

II. Pick ·v To Trim.

III. Pick ·noun Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick.

IV. Pick ·v To Throw; to Pitch.

V. Pick ·vi To Steal; to Pilfer.

VI. Pick ·noun A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.

VII. Pick ·vi To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to Nibble.

VIII. Pick ·noun That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock.

IX. Pick ·noun That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.

X. Pick ·noun A sharp-pointed tool for picking;

— often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.

XI. Pick ·vi To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.

XII. Pick ·v To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, ·etc.

XIII. Pick ·noun A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet.

XIV. Pick ·v To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket.

XV. Pick ·v To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to Pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, ·etc.

XVI. Pick ·v To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to Pierce; to prick, as with a pin.

XVII. Pick ·v To take up; ·esp., to gather from here and there; to Collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags;

— often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information.

XVIII. Pick ·v To Choose; to Select; to separate as choice or desirable; to Cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way;

— often with out.

XIX. Pick ·noun A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, — used by quarrymen, roadmakers, ·etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.

XX. Pick ·noun The blow which drives the shuttle, — the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an Inch.