Meaning of PICKED
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| Definition: | | \Pick"ed\, a.
1. Pointed; sharp. ``Picked and polished.'' --Chapman.
Let the stake be made picked at the top. --Mortimer.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of
certain fishes.
3. Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men.
4. Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Picked dogfish}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Dogfish}.
{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.
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