PICKET
\pˈɪkɪt], \pˈɪkɪt], \p_ˈɪ_k_ɪ_t]\
Definitions of PICKET
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the lay-offs"
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a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
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a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
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fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"
By Princeton University
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serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the lay-offs"
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a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
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a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
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fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.
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A pointed pale, used in marking fences.
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By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance.
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A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
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A game at cards. See Piquet.
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To fortify with pointed stakes.
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To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
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To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
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To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
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To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
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A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; - called also outlying picket.
By Oddity Software
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A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.
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A pointed pale, used in marking fences.
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By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance.
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A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
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A game at cards. See Piquet.
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To fortify with pointed stakes.
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To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
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To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
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To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
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To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
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A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; - called also outlying picket.
By Noah Webster.
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To fence with stakes; fasten to a stake; as, to picket a horse; to guard; to place on guard.
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To serve as a picket.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A pointed stake used in fortification: a small outpost or guard.
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To fasten to a stake, as a horse: to post as a vanguard.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To fence with pickets.
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To place on guard.
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To tie to a picket.
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A pointed stick; fence paling.
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A guard on the outskirts of a camp or the like.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A sharp stake used in fortification; a narrow board pointed for a fence; a guard posted in front of an army; a small body of men selected for a purpose; a game at cards; the punishment of standing on a pointed stake.
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To fortify with pickets; to enclose with pickets; to fasten to a picket or stake; to post as a picket.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A small number of men placed as a guard of observation at a short distance from an army; a sharp-pointed stake.
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To fasten to a picket or stake struke in the ground, as a horse; to place or post as a guard of observation.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
