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1. a-peak, adv. (and adj.) View full entry 1596

...s– a-peek, 1700s– a-peak. French à pic vertically; in naval language...

2. biopic, n. View full entry 1947

...n biographical; compare bio) + pic Chiefly Journalism (originally...

3. bloodletting, n. View full entry OE

...we beslea, meng tosomne weax & pic & sceapen smera, lege on cla...

4. chowder, n. View full entry 1732

...ommodore John Elliot's chowder pic -nic in 1786, which was given...

5. creek, n.1 View full entry c1300

...m is seen in pike, peak, French pic . It has been conjectured that...

6. † crouch, n.1 View full entry c1000

...uld have remained short, as in pic , pitch, and examples would surely...

7. green-peak, n. View full entry 1598

...e also the form in quot. 1611; pic (see pie) + vert green: see ...

8. † impicate, v. View full entry 1623

... of impicāre, im- ( im-) + pix, pic -empitch Obsolete. rare. Apparently...

9. peak, v.3 View full entry 1626

...o take a vertical position’; à pic : see a-peak). Nautical....

10. † perrosin, n. View full entry ?a1425

...eiz pitch ( classical Latin pix, pic -: see pitch) + resine resin Compare...

11. pic, n.1 View full entry 1584

...an base as bow). Compare French pic ( 1665 in the passage translated...

12. † pic, n.2 View full entry 1658

... French pic; Spanish pico. French pic ( 1658 in the source translated...

13. pic, v. View full entry 1925

...ish, by conversion. Etymon: pic pic Bullfighting colloquial....

14. picamar, n. View full entry 1835

...33 as † Pikamar) classical Latin pic -, pix pitch + amārus bitter (see...

15. † pication, n. View full entry 1684

...of picāre to smear with pitch ( pic -, pix pitch) + -iō -ion. Compare...

16. piccy, n. View full entry 1865

...picture : see -y. Compare later pic colloquial....

17. piceous, adj. View full entry 1646

... of pitch, pitchy, like pitch ( pic -, pix pitch + -eus : see -eous)...

18. † piciform, adj.1 View full entry 1876

...c-, pix, -iform. classical Latin pic -, pix pitch + -iform. N.E.D. ( 1...

19. pick, n.1 View full entry c1330

...ectly pick Compare Anglo-Norman pic , pik, pikke pickaxe, spike and...

20. pick, v.1 View full entry a1250

...d French, Middle French, French pic pickaxe (see pike and discussion...

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