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...s– a-peek, 1700s– a-peak. French à pic vertically; in naval language...
...n biographical; compare bio) + pic Chiefly Journalism (originally...
...we beslea, meng tosomne weax & pic & sceapen smera, lege on cla...
...ommodore John Elliot's chowder pic -nic in 1786, which was given...
...m is seen in pike, peak, French pic . It has been conjectured that...
...uld have remained short, as in pic , pitch, and examples would surely...
...e also the form in quot. 1611; pic (see pie) + vert green: see ...
... of impicāre, im- ( im-) + pix, pic -empitch Obsolete. rare. Apparently...
...o take a vertical position’; à pic : see a-peak). Nautical....
...eiz pitch ( classical Latin pix, pic -: see pitch) + resine resin Compare...
...an base as bow). Compare French pic ( 1665 in the passage translated...
... French pic; Spanish pico. French pic ( 1658 in the source translated...
...ish, by conversion. Etymon: pic pic Bullfighting colloquial....
...33 as † Pikamar) classical Latin pic -, pix pitch + amārus bitter (see...
...of picāre to smear with pitch ( pic -, pix pitch) + -iō -ion. Compare...
...picture : see -y. Compare later pic colloquial....
... of pitch, pitchy, like pitch ( pic -, pix pitch + -eus : see -eous)...
...c-, pix, -iform. classical Latin pic -, pix pitch + -iform. N.E.D. ( 1...
...ectly pick Compare Anglo-Norman pic , pik, pikke pickaxe, spike and...
...d French, Middle French, French pic pickaxe (see pike and discussion...