PICKED

Definitions

1. 1. Pointed; sharp. "Picked and polished." Chapman. Let the stake be made picked at the top. Mortimer.
2. 2. Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes.
3. 3. Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men.
4. 4. Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty. [Obs.] Shak. Picked dogfish. (Zoöl.) 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.