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Webster 1913 Edition
Picnic
Pic′nic
,Noun.
Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves).
Pic′nic
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Picnicked
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Picnicking
.] To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion.