'Picked dogfish' definitions:

Definition of 'Picked dogfish'

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  • Picked \Pick"ed\, a.
  • 1. Pointed; sharp. "Picked and polished." --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • Let the stake be made picked at the top. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Picked dogfish. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]