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Pickeer
(gcide) | Pickeer \Pick*eer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pickeered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Pickeering.] [F. picorer to go marauding, orig., to
go to steal cattle, ultimately fr. L. pecus, pecoris, cattle;
cf. F. picor['e]e, Sp. pecorea robbery committed by
straggling soldiers.]
To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in
advance of an army. See Picaroon. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet.
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Pickeered
(gcide) | Pickeer \Pick*eer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pickeered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Pickeering.] [F. picorer to go marauding, orig., to
go to steal cattle, ultimately fr. L. pecus, pecoris, cattle;
cf. F. picor['e]e, Sp. pecorea robbery committed by
straggling soldiers.]
To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in
advance of an army. See Picaroon. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet.
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Pickeerer
(gcide) | Pickeerer \Pick*eer"er\, n.
One who pickeers. [Obs.]
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Pickeering
(gcide) | Pickeer \Pick*eer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pickeered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Pickeering.] [F. picorer to go marauding, orig., to
go to steal cattle, ultimately fr. L. pecus, pecoris, cattle;
cf. F. picor['e]e, Sp. pecorea robbery committed by
straggling soldiers.]
To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in
advance of an army. See Picaroon. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet.
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