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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Pik,) Pick, n.8 (Only in a pick, e.m.E. a-pike (1596), a peek (1670), also on pike (1628), F. à pic vertically; also, spec., of a ship: vertically over its anchor.) —1699 Caldwell P. 195.
The ship is now a pick and we are resolved to go down with the ebb
