Pick"ing, n.
1.
The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.
2.
The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering.
3.
That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned.
4.
Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered.
5. pl.
The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks.
[Eng.]
Simmonds.
6. Mining
Rough sorting of ore.
7.
Overburned bricks.
Simmonds.
© Webster 1913.
Pick"ing, a.
1.
Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.
2.
Nice; careful.
[Obs.]
was too warm on picking work to dwell.
Dryden.
Picking peg. Weaving See Picker, n., 3.
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