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41Picket Range — The Picket Range is a small, extremely rugged subrange of the North Cascades in the northwestern part of the American state of Washington. It is entirely contained within North Cascades National Park. It lies to the north of the Skagit River,… …
42picket — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ mass ▪ flying (BrE) ▪ Flying pickets arrived from all over the country. VERB + PICKET ▪ organize ▪ …
43picket — I UK [ˈpɪkɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms picket : singular picket plural pickets 1) a) a group of people who are protesting about something outside a building, especially a group of workers who are on strike and are encouraging other… …
44picket line — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms picket line : singular picket line plural picket lines a picket. Workers who cross a picket line continue to work while other workers are on strike …
45picket — /ˈpɪkət / (say pikuht) noun 1. a pointed post, stake, pale, or peg, as for driving into the ground in making a stockade, for placing vertically to form the main part of a fence (picket fence), for driving into the ground to fasten something to,… …
46picket — I. noun Etymology: French piquet, from Middle French, from piquer to prick more at pike Date: circa 1702 1. a pointed or sharpened stake, post, or pale 2. a. a detached body of soldiers serving to guard an army from surprise b. a detachment kept… …
47picket fence — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms picket fence : singular picket fence plural picket fences a fence made of thin flat boards that are pointed at the top. People think of picket fences as typical of houses in small middle class towns in the US …
48picket — pick•et [[t]ˈpɪk ɪt[/t]] n. 1) bui a post, stake, or peg that is driven into the ground for use in a fence, to fasten down a tent, etc 2) a person stationed, as by a union, outside a factory, store, etc., to dissuade workers or customers from… …
49picket ship — noun a ship serving as a picket (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑picket * * * noun : a ship or airplane stationed outside a formation of ships or a geographical area as a rescue or warning unit * * * picket ship, a ship used to watch for and warn against… …
50Picket, das — Das Pickết, des es, plur. inus. aus dem Französ. Piquet. 1) Ein gewisses Spiel in der Karte, wo man auf hundert Pics, d.i. Augen, spielet; das Picket Spiel, Picket spielen. 2) Im Kriegswesen, die Feldwache; vermuthlich so fern sie ehedem mit… …
