picker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: picker	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for picker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
picker n a person who chooses or selects out [syn: picker, chooser, selector] someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Picker \Pick"er\, n. [From {Pick}.] 1. One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, -- as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker. [bd]Pickers and stealers.[b8] --Shak. 2. (Mach.) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fiber. 3. (Weaving) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp. 4. (Ordnance) A priming wire for cleaning the vent.