picked dogfish

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picked dogfish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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