To pick.To glean.To eat sparingly or squeamishly; pick.To commit small thefts; pilfer.n. A grain of corn; any minute particle; a small quantity; a few.n. A hay-fork.n. A solution of salt and water in which flesh, fish, or other substance is preserved; brine.n. Vinegar, sometimes impregnated with spices, in which vegetables, fish, oysters, etc., are preserved.n. A thing preserved in pickle (in either of the above senses); specifically, a pickled cucumber.n. In founding, a bath of dilute sulphuric acid, or, for brass, of dilute nitric acid, to remove the sand and impurities from the surface.n. A state or condition of difficulty or disorder; a disagreeable position; a plight.n. A troublesome child.To preserve in pickle or brine; treat with pickle; also, to preserve or put up with vinegar, etc.: as, to pickle herring; to pickle onions.To imbue highly with anything bad: as, a pickled rogue.To prepare, as an imitation, and sell as genuine; give an antique appearance to: said of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters.To subject, as various hardware articles, to the action of certain chemical agents in the process of manufacture.To treat with brine or pickle, as nets, to keep them from rotting.n. A small piece of land inclosed with a hedge; an inclosure; a close.n. A solution of salt and sulphuric acid in which skins are packed to preserve them. Sometimes other ingredients are used.