Picked

a.	1.	Pointed; sharp. Let the stake be made picked at the top. - Mortimer.
	2.	(Zool.) Having a pike or spine on the back; - said of certain fishes.
	3.	Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men.
	4.	Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty. Picked dogfish (Zool.) See under Dogfish. Picked out ornamented or relieved with lines, or the like, of a different, usually a lighter, color; as, a carriage body dark green, picked out with red.

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