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piˈckeering, vbl. n. Obs. or arch.
[-ing1.]
1. Skirmishing: see quot. 1894.
1650R. Stapylton Strada's Low C. Warres vii. 76 The Prince of Orange..being entertained with some pickeering (for Alva was resolved not to venture a battaile). 1704Steele Lying Lover i. (1747) 15 Still running over..Mines, Counter-mines, Pickeering, Pioneers, Centinels, Patrols, and others. 1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xvii. vi. IV. 579 All hitherto has been pickeering. [1894Ld. Wolseley Life Marlborough II. lxx. 237 What our soldiers called ‘pickeering’..the practice common amongst the volunteers and other gentlemen who followed both head-quarters, of riding out in front to fire their pistols at one another.]
2. fig. Wordy, playful, or amorous skirmishing; wrangling, bickering, petty quarrelling.
1677Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 137 His particular temptations to sin are but inconsiderable, less successful picqueerings in comparison. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. Pref. 2 Salmon's Pickeerings with the Colledge of Physicians. 1737L. Clarke Hist. Bible (1740) II. v. 139 At last, after all their piqueering, Jesus was pleased to ask them a question. 1862Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xiii. ii. (1872) V. 30 Mere pickeerings and beatings about the bush.
So piˈckeering ppl. a.
1661Ogilby Relat. Entertainm. 18 Give Fire, Bounce, Bounce, Pickeering Villains trounce. |