Pickle
['pɪk(ə)l] or ['pɪkl]
Definition
(noun.) vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar.
(verb.) preserve in a pickling liquid.
Inputed by Angela--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) See Picle.
(v. t.) A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine.
(v. t.) Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc.
(v. t.) Any article of food which has been preserved in brine or in vinegar.
(v. t.) A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their color.
(v. t.) A troublesome child; as, a little pickle.
(v. t.) To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers.
(v. t.) To give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters.
Checker: Merle
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Salt and water (for preserving meat).[2]. Vinegar (for preserving meats or vegetables).[3]. Sorry condition, sad plight.
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Definition
n. a liquid of salt and water in which flesh and vegetables are preserved: vinegar &c. in which articles of food are preserved: anything pickled: a disagreeable position: (coll.) a troublesome child.—v.t. to season or preserve with salt vinegar &c.—ns. Pick′le-herr′ing a pickled herring: (obs.) a merry-andrew; Pick′le-worm the larva of a pyralid moth.—Have a rod in pickle to have a punishment ready.
n. (Scot.) a small quantity.—v.t. and v.i. to eat sparingly: to pilfer.
Typist: Ollie
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of pickles, denotes that you will follow worthless pursuits if you fail to call energy and judgment to your aid. For a young woman to dream of eating pickles, foretells an unambitious career. To dream of pickles, denotes vexation in love, but final triumph. For a young woman to dream that she is eating them, or is hungry for them, foretells she will find many rivals, and will be overcome unless she is careful of her private affairs. Impure pickles, indicate disappointing engagements and love quarrels.
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Examples
- If you mean libel, I'd say so, and not talk about labels, as if Papa was a pickle bottle, advised Jo, laughing. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Unfortunately, Mr. Davis particularly detested the odor of the fashionable pickle, and disgust added to his wrath. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I'm bringing him back to you in a bonny pickle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Tickle, tickle; Pickle, pickle! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The church, he said, was in a bonny pickle now. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He sent over preserves and pickles, which latter the young gentleman tried surreptitiously in the sideboard and half-killed himself with eating. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Bottles can be so shaped that they make the olives, pickles, and peaches that they contain appear larger than they really are. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He kept Macmurdo in cigars and sent over quantities of shells, cayenne pepper, hot pickles, guava jelly, and colonial produce to Lady Jane. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Tragedies and cravats, poetry and pickles, garden seeds and long letters, music and gingerbread, rubbers, invitations, scoldings, and puppies. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It was bare and cool, with a table covered with a coarse checkered cloth and adorned by a bottle of pickles and a blueberry pie under a cage. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Such zests as his particular little phial of cayenne pepper and his pennyworth of pickles in a saucer, were not wanting. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- We were to have a superb dinner, consisting of a leg of pickled pork and greens, and a pair of roast stuffed fowls. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Mr Fledgeby collapsed under the word 'Pickled,' and groaned again. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To be sure he does,' said Mr. Weller, senior; 'and it's just the same vith pickled salmon! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It looks as if it ought to be Pickled. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The feet are pickled or converted into glue. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There was nothing but pickled vermin, and drawers full of blue-bottles and moths, with no carpet on the floor. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was very fond of pickled walnuts, gentlemen. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I concluded it was either leakage of gas into the manhole, or else the acid used in pickling the casting had given off hydrogen, and air had leaked in, making an explosive mixture. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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