pick fault, pickefault

[Eng. pick, and fault.] One who is ready to find fault; a censorious person. pick-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [PICK, v.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : 1. Pecking. IMG:content-1040.png:[blocks in formation] 3. Metall .: Rough sorting of ore. picking-peg, s . picking-stick, s. I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: 2. Figuratively : (1) A position of difficulty or disorder; a disagreeable or embar as sing position; a plight, a fix. "How cam'st thou in this pickle ?" (2) A troublesome child. II. Founding: Shakesp.: Tempest , v. 1. 1. A bath of dilute sulphuric acid to remove the sand and impurities from the surface. 2. The pickle for bra castings previous to lacquering is dilute nitric acid. To have a rod in pickle for any one: To have a beating or scolding in reserve for one. pickle-herring, s. 1. Lit .: A pickled herring. "A plague o' these pickle -herrings." Shakesp.: Twelfth Night, i. 5. 2. Fig .: A merry-andrew, a buffoon, a zany. "The pickle-herring found the way to shake him." Add is on : Spectator.