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.
© Webster 1913.