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▪ I. † ˈpickard Obs.
[For pick-card, f. pick n.1 2 + card n.1]
A card with iron spikes or teeth, for raising a nap on cloth, as distinguished from a green or thistle-card (of teasel).
1549Act 3 & 4 Edw. VI, c. 2 §1 Noe person shall..occupye anye yeron cardes or pyckardes in rowninge of anye sett Clothe..upon payne to forfeyte..the saide Yeron cardes or pickardes. 1619Dalton Countrey Just. xi. (1630) 43. 1801 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 456 For a machine..for dressing or dubbing cloths, either wet or dry, otherwise than by green cards and pickards.
▪ II. pickard, pickaroon
var. picard, picaroon. |