PICKEERING

Verb

pickeering

present participle of pickeer

Source: Wiktionary


PICKEER

Pick*eer", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pickeered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pickeering.] Etym: [F. picorer to go marauding, orig., to go to steal cattle, ultimately fr. L. pecus, pecoris, cattle; cf. F. picorée, Sp. pecorea robbery committed by straggling soldiers.]

Definition: To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See Picaroon. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ORCHESTRATION

(noun) an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect; “the skillful orchestration of his political campaign”


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