PICKERS

Proper noun

Pickers

plural of Picker

Anagrams

• repicks, ripecks

Noun

pickers

plural of picker

Anagrams

• repicks, ripecks

Source: Wiktionary


PICKER

Pick"er, n. Etym: [From Pick.]

1. One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, -- as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker. "Pickers and stealers." Shak.

2. (Mach.)

Definition: A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fiber.

3. (Weaving)

Definition: The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp.

4. (Ordnance)

Definition: A priming wire for cleaning the vent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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