Hypertext Webster Gateway: "picker"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Picker \Pick"er\, n. [From {Pick}.]
1. One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, -- as, one
who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a
pickax; as, a cotton picker. ``Pickers and stealers.''
--Shak.
2. (Mach.) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces
so as to loosen and separate the fiber.
3. (Weaving) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the
shuttle, and impels it through the warp.
4. (Ordnance) A priming wire for cleaning the vent.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
picker
n 1: a person who chooses or selects out [syn: {chooser}, {selector}]
2: someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
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