picaroon

[ Sp.picaron, picaro. ] 1. A rogue, a cheat, a sharper, an adventurer; one who lives by his wits. 2. A robber; ospec. a pirate, a corsair. "Corsica and Majorca in all wars have been the nests of picaroons ." - Temple : Miscellanies . pic-a-yüne, subst. [From the language of the Caribs.] 1. The name of a Spanish half real in Florida, Louisiana, . 2. A small American coin of the value of 61 cents. pic-a-yūn-ish, adj . [English picayan (e); -ish.] Potty, paltry, small, mean. pic-ca-dil, pic-ca-dil-lỹ, * pic-kar-dil, *pic-ca-dell, *pic-ca-dill, *pick-a-del, *pick a-dil, * pick a dill, s. [Fr. piccadille , picadille , from Spanish picado (pa. par. of picar =to prick, to pierce), with dim in. suff. -illo ; pica = a pike, a lance.) 1. A high collar, or a kind of ruff, formerly worn, the precise character of which is not exactly known. According to Blount, it was "the round hem or the several divisions set together about the skirt of a garment or other thing, also a kind of stiff collar, made in fashion of a band." "With great cut-work bands and piccadillies ."- Wil son: Life of James I. The street in London known as Piccadilly is said to take its name from an ordinary so-called near St. James, built by one Higgins, a tailor, who made most of his money by piccadillies. ( Blount : Glo ographia (1681), p. 495.) *2. The name of a game. "To lose it at piccadilly ."-Flecknoe's Epigrams. pic-cage, *pick age (age asig), s. [Low Lat. piccagium , from Fr. piquer to pick.] [PICK, V.] Money paid at fairs for breaking ground for booths. ( De Foe : Tour thro Great Britain, iii. 188.)