The Collaborative International Dictionary
Picked \Pick"ed\, a.
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Pointed; sharp. ``Picked and polished.''
--Chapman.Let the stake be made picked at the top.
--Mortimer. (Zo["o]l.) Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes.
Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men.
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Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty. [Obs.]
--Shak.Picked dogfish. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Usage examples of "picked out".
He sat on the edge of his bed, opened the toolkit sitting on his night-table, and picked out a lint and static-free swab.
Needless to say, you are not the woman my mother has picked out for me, and there will be hell to pay.
Terekhov picked out the lucky Tomcat by the slapdash flying style of its pilot and turned to line up on him.
The light from his torch picked out dozens of pairs of tiny wings, jinking, swerving, and the air was suddenly filled with shrill squeaks.
And set at intervals among the hangings were oval objects perhaps Rosss height on which were designs and patterns picked out in paint and metal.
And set at intervals among the hangings were oval objects perhaps Ross's height on which were designs and patterns picked out in paint and metal.
Corbell picked out other moons, and a moon shadow on Jupiter's banded face.
That's just a word I picked out of some jargon he was talking last night that I thought might impress you.
I picked out one massive dark lady as Alboni, and wondered how soon she would stand up and sing.
I believed that I was picked out from my race as a fortunate man--when one night I was attacked by robbers: slaves made desperate by the cruelty of their wealthy masters.
Where the other exhibits lay either in utter darkness or semi-darkness this one it seemed was supernaturally picked out by this lunar searchlight!
That in my last voyage I was commander of the ship, and had about fifty yahoos under me, many of which died at sea, and I was forced to supply them by others picked out from several nations.
The Lion of Andor, picked out in moonstones on a field of rubies, would have stood above Morgase’.
Bounderby sat looking at her, as, with the points of a stiff, sharp pair of scissors, she picked out holes for some inscrutable ornamental purpose, in a piece of cambric.
A soft spotlight picked out Domingo in his alcove, and he was called upon, as former mayor and war hero, to step forward and acknowledge a round of applause.