2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pick  \Pick\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Picked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Picking}.]  [OE.  picken,  pikken  to  prick,  peck;  akin  to 
  Icel.  pikka,  Sw  picka,  Dan.  pikke,  D.  pikken  G.  picken,  F. 
  piquer,  W.  pigo.  Cf  {Peck},  v.,  {Pike},  {Pitch}  to  throw.] 
  1.  To  throw;  to  pitch.  [Obs.] 
 
  As  high  as  I  could  pick  my  lance.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  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. 
 
  3.  To  separate  or  open  by  means  of  a  sharp  point  or  points; 
  as  to  pick  matted  wool,  cotton,  oakum,  etc 
 
  4.  To  open  (a  lock)  as  by  a  wire. 
 
  5.  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 
 
  6.  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. 
 
  Did  you  pick  Master  Slender's  purse?  --Shak. 
 
  He  picks  clean  teeth,  and  busy  as  he  seems  With  an 
  old  tavern  quill,  is  hungry  yet  --Cowper. 
 
  7.  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  ``One  man  picked  out  of  ten  thousand.'' 
  --Shak. 
 
  8.  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. 
 
  9.  To  trim.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  {To  pick  at},  to  tease  or  vex  by  pertinacious  annoyance. 
 
  {To  pick  a  bone  with}.  See  under  {Bone}. 
 
  {To  pick  a  thank},  to  curry  favor.  [Obs.]  --Robynson  (More's 
  Utopia). 
 
  {To  pick  off}. 
  a  To  pluck;  to  remove  by  picking. 
  b  To  shoot  or  bring  down  one  by  one  as  sharpshooters 
  pick  off  the  enemy. 
 
  {To  pick  out}. 
  a  To  mark  out  to  variegate;  as  to  pick  out  any  dark 
  stuff  with  lines  or  spots  of  bright  colors. 
  b  To  select  from  a  number  or  quantity. 
 
  {To  pick  to  pieces},  to  pull  apart  piece  by  piece;  hence 
  [Colloq.],  to  analyze;  esp.,  to  criticize  in  detail. 
 
  {To  pick  a  quarrel},  to  give  occasion  of  quarrel 
  intentionally. 
 
  {To  pick  up}. 
  a  To  take  up  as  with  the  fingers. 
  b  To  get  by  repeated  efforts;  to  gather  here  and  there 
  as  to  pick  up  a  livelihood;  to  pick  up  news 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Picked  \Pick"ed\,  a. 
  1.  Pointed;  sharp.  ``Picked  and  polished.''  --Chapman. 
 
  Let  the  stake  be  made  picked  at  the  top  --Mortimer. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  Having  a  pike  or  spine  on  the  back  --  said  of 
  certain  fishes. 
 
  3.  Carefully  selected;  chosen;  as  picked  men. 
 
  4.  Fine;  spruce;  smart;  precise;  dianty.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  {Picked  dogfish}.  (Zo["o]l.)  See  under  {Dogfish}. 
 
  {Picked  out},  ornamented  or  relieved  with  lines,  or  the  like 
  of  a  different,  usually  a  lighter,  color;  as  a  carriage 
  body  dark  green,  picked  out  with  red. 

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