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Picket \Pick"et\, n. [F. piquet, properly dim. of pique spear,
pike. See {Pike}, and cf. {Piquet}.]
1. A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in
fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles;
or one used for tethering horses.
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2. A pointed pale, used in marking fences.
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3. [Probably so called from the picketing of the horses.]
(Mil.) A detached body of troops serving to guard an army
from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the
enemy; -- called also {outlying picket}.
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4. By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other
labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent
them from working for employers with whom the organization
is at variance. [Cant]
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5. A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the
offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed
stake.
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6. A game at cards. See {Piquet}.
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{Inlying picket} (Mil.), a detachment of troops held in camp
or quarters, detailed to march if called upon.

{Picket fence}, a fence made of pickets. See def. 2, above.


{Picket guard} (Mil.), a guard of horse and foot, always in
readiness in case of alarm.

{Picket line}. (Mil.)
(a) A position held and guarded by small bodies of men
placed at intervals.
(b) A rope to which horses are secured when groomed.

{Picketpin}, an iron pin for picketing horses.
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Picket \Pick"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picketed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Picketing}.]
1. To fortify with pointed stakes.
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2. To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
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3. To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
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4. To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
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5. To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a
pointed stake. [Obs.]
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Piquet \Pi*quet"\, n. [F., prob. fr. pique. See {Pique}, {Pike},
and {Picket}.]
A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two
cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being
set aside. [Written also {picket} and {picquet}.]
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