Sicker vs Picker - What's the difference?
sicker | picker |
(sick)
(obsolete, outside, dialects) certain
(obsolete, outside, dialects) secure
(obsolete, outside, dialects) certainly
(obsolete, outside, dialects) securely
(mining, UK, dialect) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.
(Webster 1913)
Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
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, title= (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.
(engineering) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
(weaving) The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
(military) A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
(slang, gold panning) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
As an adjective sicker
is (sick) or sicker can be (obsolete|outside|dialects) certain.As an adverb sicker
is (obsolete|outside|dialects) certainly.As a verb sicker
is (mining|uk|dialect) to percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.As a noun picker is
agent noun of pick; one who picks.sicker
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(head)Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* siker * siccer * siccarAdjective
Adverb
Derived terms
* sickerly * sickerhoodEtymology 3
Alternative forms
* sigger * ziggerVerb
(en verb)Anagrams
* ----picker
English
Noun
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