picking

The act of one that picks.

Something or a group of things that are or may be picked.

Leftovers.

A share of spoils.

A rough sorting or cleaning, as of coal, from impurities.

The act of one who picks, in any sense.

In stone-working, same as dabbing, 1.

The final dressing or finishing of woven fabrics by going over the surface and removing burs and blemishes by hand, or retouching the color with dye by means of a camel’s-hair pencil.

plural That which one can pick up or off; anything left to be picked or gleaned.