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Scottish. A miller's assistant, responsible for dressing the millstone with a pick. Cf. pikeman, n.1 2. Now historical.
A miller's assistant, responsible for dressing the millstone with a pick. Cf. pikeman, n.1 2.
(under-, prefix1 affix 3a(a).)