Definition of Picks

1. Noun. (plural of pick) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of pick) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Picks

1. pick [v] - See also: pick

Lexicographical Neighbors of Picks

picknicking
picknicks
pickoff
pickoffs
pickpennies
pickpenny
pickpocket
pickpocketed
pickpocketer
pickpocketers
pickpocketing
pickpockets
pickproof
pickpurse
pickpurses
picks (current term)
picks up
picksies
picksome
picksy
pickt
pickthank
pickthanks
picktooth
picktooths
pickup arm
pickup artist
pickup truck
pickup trucks

Literary usage of Picks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"Box chains are built from pattern drafts, which show the number of picks of each ... 9 chain in such a manner that the exact number of picks of each color ..."

2. Textile design and colour by William Watson (1912)
"In forming a warp rib the thick ends always pass over the thick picks, ... In the warp ribs there should be more ends per unit space than picks, ..."

3. Dr. Chase's Recipes: Or, Information for Everybody. An Invaluable Collection by Alvin Wood Chase (1860)
"Heat the picks to a cherry red and plunge them in and do not draw any temper. , In working mill-picks, be very careful not to over-heat them, but work them ..."

4. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"My Friend, Mr. John Murray of London, is a very great admirer of this Poet, and picks up every thing of him that he can meet with, and, indeed, ..."

5. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"There were also all the vessels and articles necessary for ablution, and great numbers of white tooth-picks Tooth.picks and with their ends bruised, ..."

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