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