Picking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pick |
Picking (n.) The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick. |
Picking (n.) The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering. |
Picking (n.) That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned. |
Picking (n.) Pilfering |
Picking (n.) The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks. |
Picking (n.) Rough sorting of ore. |
Picking (n.) Overburned bricks. |
Picking (a.) Done or made as with a pointed tool |
Picking (a.) Nice |
Spindle (n.) The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound |
Spindle (n.) A slender rod or pin on which anything turns |
Spindle (n.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc. |
Spindle (n.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns. |
Spindle (n.) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed. |
Spindle (n.) The fusee of a watch. |
Spindle (n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. |
Spindle (n.) A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards |
Spindle (n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. |
Spindle (n.) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria |
Spindle (n.) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus. |
Spindle (v. i.) To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body |
Spindle-legged (a.) Having long, slender legs. |
Spindle-shanked (a.) Having long, slender legs. |
Spindle-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a spindle. |
Spindle-shaped (a.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends |