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A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in
fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used
for tethering horses. |
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A pointed pale, used in marking fences. |
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A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from
surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called
also outlying picket. |
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By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other
labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from
working for employers with whom the organization is at variance. |
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A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the
offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake. |
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A game at cards. See Piquet. |
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To fortify with pointed stakes. |
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To inclose or fence with pickets or pales. |
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To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse. |
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To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket. |
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To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a
pointed stake. |
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