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Webster 1913 Edition
Picking
Pick′ing
,Noun.
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.
Pick′ing
,Adj.
1.
Done or made as with a pointed tool;
as, a
. picking
sound2.
Nice; careful.
[Obs.]
was too warm on
picking
work to dwell. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Picking
PICK'ING
,ppr.
PICK'ING
,Noun.