Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
piked .
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Examples
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Another forme is called _Oictros_, or cõmiseracion, wherby teares be pyked out, or pyty is moued, or forgeuenes, as in Ciceros peroraciõs, and complaintes in Poets: And to be shorte ther is gotten no greater admiracion or commendacion of eloquence then of these two, _AEtopeia_, and _Pathopeia_, if they be vsed in place.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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The ravens had not pyked his bones bare before the Scots were up again for freedom.
A Short History of Scotland Andrew Lang 1878
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Take gode Eerbys and grynde hem smale with wallenotes pyked clene. a grete portioun. lye it up almost wiþ as myche verions as water. seeþ it wel with powdour and Safroun withoute Salt. make a crust in a trape and do þe fyssh þerinne unstewed wiþ a litel oile & gode
The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 Samuel Pegge 1750
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& mynce the gobone thynne, and laye it in the galentyne; than set it vpo {n} the fyre to hete. [h] Fresshe herynge with salte & wyne/shrympes wel pyked, flou {n} dres, gogyons, menewes & musceles, eles and lamprayes: [i] sprottes is good in sewe/musculade in wortes/oystres
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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