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pick¹

1. a tool with a handle carrying a long steel head curved and tapering to a point at one or both ends, used for loosening soil, breaking rocks, etc.

2. any of various tools used for picking, such as an ice pick or toothpick

3. a plectrum

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pick² (in weaving)

1. one casting of a shuttle

2. a weft or filling thread

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pick [pik]

(computer science)

To select the next card from an input stack for feeding into a card machine.

(design engineering)

The steel cutting points used on a coal-cutter chain.

A miner's steel or iron digging tool with sharp points at each end.

(engineering)

To dress the sides of a shaft or other excavation.

To remove shale, dirt, and such from coal.

(textiles)

filling

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pick

A hand tool used for loosening and breaking up closely compacted soil and rock; consists of a steel head which usually is curved, with a point on one or both ends, mounted on a wooden handle.