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Definition of Picots
1. picot [v] - See also: picot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Picots
Literary usage of Picots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Young Ladies' Journal Complete Guide to the Work-table: Containing (1885)
"In the picots of the joining scallops, crochet one single in each picot, then
five chain for the edge. No. 20.—EDGING WITH TWO THREADS. ..."
2. Old Lace: A Handbook for Collectors; an Account of the Different Styles of by Margaret Jourdain (1908)
"This pad is often ornamented with a close fringe of picots, or by an ornament of
free loops — tier upon tier—ornamented with picots. ..."
3. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1905)
"Small picots also ornament the brides between the circle and the extremities.
... The shortest bride is ornamented with two picots upon each side, ..."
4. The Home Maker by Jane Cunningham Croly (1889)
"Fasten with a DC in the fourth of the first long loop of seven chain, lying
between the third and fourth picots ; Nine chain, one DC in the fourth of the ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The edge, or border, is often decorated also with these picots. ... The designs
are connected by brides and often decorated with picots. ..."
6. Babyhood: Devoted Exclusively to the Care of Infants and Young Children (1890)
"Four rows of the ground colorare now added all around and an edge worked of
picots (one tight stitch, five chains and a tight stitch back into the first ..."
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