Pick"ed (?), a.

1.

Pointed; sharp.

"Picked and polished."

Chapman.

Let the stake be made picked at the top. Mortimer.

2. Zool.

Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes.

3.

Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men.

4.

Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty.

[Obs.]

Shak.

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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