Meaning of PICKING
| Pronunciation: | | p'iking
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- [n] the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)
- [n] the quantity of a crop that is harvested; "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years"
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| | See Also: | | indefinite quantity, manual labor, manual labour | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pick"ing\, n.
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\, a.
1. Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.
2. Nice; careful. [Obs.]
was too warm on picking work to dwell. --Dryden.
{Picking peg}. (Weaving) See {Picker}, n., 3.
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