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Webster 1913 Edition
Picker
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;
“Pickers and stealers.” as, a cotton
. picker
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 1828 Edition
Picker
PICK'ER
,Noun.
1.
A pickax or instrument for picking or separating.2.
One that excites a quarrel between himself and another.Definition 2024
picker
picker
English
Noun
picker (plural pickers)
- Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
- The apple picker climbed the tree.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.
- a date picker
- (engineering) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
- (weaving) The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
- (military) A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
- (slang, gold panning) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
Derived terms
Translations
control which picks
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