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Picke [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A small piece of land inclosed with a hedge; a close.

Picked [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Plucked off by the fingers, teeth or claws; cleaned by picking; opened by an instrument; selected.

2. PICK'ED

Picked [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Pointed; sharp.

2. 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.

Picked [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Pickedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. State of being pointed at the end; sharpness.

2. Foppery; spruceness.

Pickedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The state of being sharpened; pointedness.

2. Fineness; spruceness; smartness.

Pickeer [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To pillage; to pirate.

2. To skirmish, as soldiers on the outposts of an army, or in pillaging parties.

Pickeer [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See Picaroon.

Pickeered [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Pickeer

Pickeerer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who pickeers.

Pickeering [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Pickeer

Picker [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One that picks or culls.

2. A pickax or instrument for picking or separating.

3. One that excites a quarrel between himself and another.

Picker [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

2. A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fiber.

3. The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp.

4. A priming wire for cleaning the vent.

Pickerel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A small pike, a fish of the genus Esox.

Pickerel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A young or small pike.

2. Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, esp. the smaller species.

3. The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.

Pickerel-weed [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A plant supposed to breed pickerels.

Pickering [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The sauger of the St.Lawrence River.

Pickery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Petty theft.

Picket [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A stake sharpened or pointed; used in fortification and encampments.

2. A narrow board pointed; used in making fence.

3. A guard posted in front of an army to give notice of the approach of the enemy.

4. A game at cards. [ See Piquet .]

5. A punishment with consists in making the offender stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

Picket [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To fortify with pointed stakes.

2. To inclose or fence with narrow pointed boards.

3. To fasten to a picket

Picket [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.

2. A pointed pale, used in marking fences.

3. A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.

4. By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance.

5. A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

6. A game at cards. See Piquet.

Picket [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To fortify with pointed stakes.

2. To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.

3. To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.

4. To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.

5. To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

Picketed [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Fortified or inclosed with pickets.

Picketed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Picket

Picketee [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Picotee.

Picketing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Inclosing or fortifying with pickets.

Picketing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Genesis 31:45

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,

Judges 19:29

And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.

When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.

Ruth 2:18

And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.

She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to Naomi.

1 Samuel 9:24

And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul dined with Samuel that day.

1 Samuel 20:38

And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.

2 Samuel 4:4

And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

2 Kings 2:13

He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

2 Kings 4:20

And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.

2 Kings 4:37

Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.

Psalms 102:10

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

Isaiah 38:12

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.

Jonah 1:15

So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.

Matthew 14:20

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

Matthew 15:37

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

Matthew 27:6

And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”

Mark 2:12

And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

Mark 6:43

And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.

Mark 8:8

So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.

The people ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

Luke 9:17

And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.

They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

John 5:9

And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,