picket
Definitions of picket
n. - A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.
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n. - A pointed pale, used in marking fences.
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n. - A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.
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n. - By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance.
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n. - A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
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n. - A game at cards. See Piquet.
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v. t. - To fortify with pointed stakes.
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v. t. - To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
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v. t. - To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
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v. t. - To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
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v. t. - To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
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The word "picket" uses 6 letters: C E I K P T.
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Shorter words found within picket:
cep cite epic et etic ice ick it kep kepi kept kip kit kite pe pec peck pet pi pic pice pick pie pike pit ti tic tick tie tike tip
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