Definition of Pikle
Pic"kle (?), n. [Obs.] See
Picle.
Pic"kle, n. [Cf. D. pekel.
Probably a dim. fr. Pick, v. t., alluding to
the cleaning of the fish.] 1. (a)
A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be
preserved or corned; brine. (b) Vinegar,
plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters,
etc.
2. Any article of food which has been
preserved in brine or in vinegar.
3. (Founding) 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.
4. A troublesome child; as, a little
pickle. [Colloq.]
To be in a pickle, to be in disagreeable
position; to be in a condition of embarrassment, difficulty, or
disorder. "How cam'st thou in this pickle?" Shak. -
- To put a rod in pickle, to prepare a
particular reproof, punishment, or penalty for future
application.
Pic"kle, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Pickled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Pickling (?).] 1. To preserve or season in
pickle; to treat with some kind of pickle; as, to pickle
herrings or cucumbers.
2. To give an antique appearance to; -- said
of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
PICKLE. An arch waggish fellow. In pickle, or in the
pickling tub; in a salivation. There are rods in brine, or
pickle, for him; a punishment awaits him, or is prepared
for him. Pickle herring; the zany or merry andrew
of a mountebank. See JACK PUDDING.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- Food preserved in an acidic solution usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
A pickle goes well with a hamburger.
- The brine used for preserving food.
This tub is filled with the pickle that we will put the small cucumbers into.
- A difficult situation.
The climber found himself in a pickle when the one of the rocks broke off.
- (slang) the penis
- (baseball) A rundown
Jones was caught in a pickle between second and third.
- A children's game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown
The boys played pickle in the front yard for an hour.
- To preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
We pickled the remainder of the crop.
- To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated sulphuric acid.
The crew will pickle the fittings in the morning.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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