Vocabulary : Pickerel to Pickle

Pickerel : A young or small pike. ;; Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, esp. the smaller species. ;; The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.
Pickering : The sauger of the St.Lawrence River.
Pickery : Petty theft.
Picket : A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses. ;; A pointed pale, used in marking fences. ;; A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket. ;; 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. ;; A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake. ;; A game at cards. See Piquet. ;; To fortify with pointed stakes. ;; To inclose or fence with pickets or pales. ;; To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse. ;; To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket. ;; To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
Picketed : of Picket

Picketee : See Picotee.
Picketing : of Picket
Pick-fault : One who seeks out faults.
Picking : of Pick ;; The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick. ;; The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering. ;; That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned. ;; Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered. ;; The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks. ;; Rough sorting of ore. ;; Overburned bricks. ;; Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound. ;; Nice; careful.
Pickle : See Picle. ;; A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine. ;; Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc. ;; Any article of food which has been preserved in brine or in vinegar. ;; 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. ;; A troublesome child; as, a little pickle. ;; To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers. ;; To give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters.

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