PICK, PICKED
ADJECTIVES
► HAND-WALED chosen or selected by hand; individually or carefully selected or picked → 1671 Sc.
► WALE choice, chosen, picked → 1250 exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WALED chosen, selected, picked → 1400 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
NOUNS
PHANEROMANIA a mania for picking at growths → 1991 (Bk.)
VERBS
► ELECT to pick out, to choose → 1513 obs.
► POOK to pluck, to pinch, to pick, to pull at with the thumb and finger → 1633 Sc. & N. Ireland
► WALE to choose, to select, to pick out, to sort → 1310 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► WYLE to choose, to select; to pick or sort out; hence, to court, to woo → 1737 Sc.
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