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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1670-1684
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(Pikk-,) Picket, -ed, a. [e.m.E. and ME. pickid (c 1430).] ? Pointed, or ? covered with thorns or prickles; spiny. The picked dog, the piked dog-fish. — 1670 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Processes No. 63.
Ane great picket thorne battoun 1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. iii. 23.
Galens acanthias … the picked dog
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