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Webster 1913 Edition

Pickle

Pic′kle

,
Noun.
[Obs.]
See
Picle
.

Pic′kle

,
Noun.
[Cf. D.
pekel
. Probably a dim. fr.
Pick
,
Verb.
T.
, alluding to the cleaning of the fish.]
1.
(a)
A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine.
(b)
Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc.
2.
Any article of food which has been preserved in brine or in vinegar.
3.
(Founding)
A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their color.
4.
A troublesome child;
as, a little
pickle
.
[Colloq.]
To be in a pickle
,
to be in disagreeable position; to be in a condition of embarrassment, difficulty, or disorder.
“How cam’st thou in this pickle?”
Shak.
–
To put a rod in pickle
,
to prepare a particular reproof, punishment, or penalty for future application.

Pic′kle

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pickled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pickling
.]
1.
To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind of pickle;
as, to
pickle
herrings or cucumbers
.
2.
To give an antique appearance to; – said of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pickle

PICK'LE

,
Noun.
Brine; a solution of salt and water, sometimes impregnated with spices,in which flesh, fish or other substance is preserved; as pickle for beef; pickle for capers or for cucumbers; pickle for herring.
1.
A thing preserved in pickle.
2.
A state of condition of difficulty or disorder; a word used in ridicule or contempt. You are in a fine pickle.
How cam'st thou in this pickle?
3.
A parcel of land inclosed with a hedge. [Local.]

PICK'LE

,
Verb.
T.
To preserve in brine or pickle; as, to pickle herring.
1.
To season in pickle.
2.
To imbue highly with any thing bad; as a pickled rogue.

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