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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Pointed; sharp.

“Picked and polished.”

Chapman.

Let the stake be made

picked

at the top.

Mortimer.

(Zool.)

Having a pike or spine on the back; – said of certain fishes.

Carefully selected; chosen;

as,

picked

men

Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty.

[Obs.]

Shak.

Picked dogfish

(Zool.)

See under

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Picked out

ornamented or relieved with lines, or the like, of a different, usually a lighter, color; as, a carriage body dark green, picked out with red.

pp.

Plucked off by the fingers, teeth or claws; cleaned by picking; opened by an instrument; selected.