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picker


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Picker  \Pick"er\,  n.  [From  {Pick}.] 
  1.  One  who  or  that  which  picks,  in  any  sense  --  as  one 
  who  uses  a  pick  one  who  gathers;  a  thief;  a  pick  a 
  pickax;  as  a  cotton  picker.  ``Pickers  and  stealers.'' 
  --Shak. 
 
  2.  (Mach.)  A  machine  for  picking  fibrous  materials  to  pieces 
  so  as  to  loosen  and  separate  the  fiber. 
 
  3.  (Weaving)  The  piece  in  a  loom  which  strikes  the  end  of  the 
  shuttle,  and  impels  it  through  the  warp. 
 
  4.  (Ordnance)  A  priming  wire  for  cleaning  the  vent. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  picker 
  n  :  someone  who  gathers  crops  or  fruits  etc 




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