plural of picket bullet

(Caribbean, Jamaica, derogatory) A person with short, curly, thin hair.

(textiles) Of or relating to a kind of loom with several shuttle boxes, allowing various colours of yarn to be combined as desired.

Any of the genus Pontederia of tristylous aquatic plants with large waxy leaves, succulent stems, and a thick pad of fibrous roots.

plural of pickerel weed

(dated) Synonym of Dundrearies (type of sideburns)

A pickled cucumber for which the pickling is done with kosher salt.

A rope used to tether a horse when not in use.

A pin used to fix the picket rope for a horse to the ground.

(transitive, idiomatic) To touch, grab, handle, or pull tentatively or gingerly, using a utensil or one's fingers. / (transitive, idiomatic) To pick on or repeatedly criticize (someone).