[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pick \pick\ pi^k, v. t. imp.  p. p. picked pi^kt; p.
   pr.  vb. n. picking. oe. picken, pikken, to prick, peck;
   akin to icel. pikka, sw. picka, dan. pikke, d. pikken, g.
   picken, f. piquer, w. pigo. cf. peck, v., pike, pitch
   to throw.
   1. to throw; to pitch. obs.
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            as high as i could pick my lance.     --shak.
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   2. to peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with
      anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument;
      to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.
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   3. to separate or open by means of a sharp point or points;
      as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.
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   4. to open a lock as by a wire.
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   5. to pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to
      pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the
      stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc.
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   6. to remove something from with a pointed instrument, with
      the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to
      pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket.
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            did you pick master slender's purse?  --shak.
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            he picks clean teeth, and, busy as he seems
            with an old tavern quill, is hungry yet. --cowper.
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   7. to choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable;
      to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; --
      often with out. "one man picked out of ten thousand."
      --shak.
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   8. to take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to
      collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often
      with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up
      information.
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   9. to trim. obs. --chaucer.
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   to pick at, to tease or vex by pertinacious annoyance.

   to pick a bone with. see under bone.

   to pick a thank, to curry favor. obs. --robynson more's
      utopia.

   to pick off.
      a to pluck; to remove by picking.
      b to shoot or bring down, one by one; as, sharpshooters
          pick off the enemy.

   to pick out.
      a to mark out; to variegate; as, to pick out any dark
          stuff with lines or spots of bright colors.
      b to select from a number or quantity.

   to pick to pieces, to pull apart piece by piece; hence
      colloq., to analyze; esp., to criticize in detail.

   to pick a quarrel, to give occasion of quarrel
      intentionally.

   to pick up.
      a to take up, as with the fingers.
      b to get by repeated efforts; to gather here and there;
          as, to pick up a livelihood; to pick up news.
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see also:
picked picking peck pike pitch to pick at 
to pick a bone with bone to pick a thank to pick off to pick out 
to pick to pieces to pick a quarrel to pick up 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quarrel \quar"rel\, n. oe. querele, of. querele, f. querelle,
   fr. l. querela, querella, a complaint, fr. queri to complain.
   see querulous.
   1. a breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out;
      a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion,
      feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or
      strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with
      his father about expenses.
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            i will bring a sword upon you that shall avenge the
            quarrel of my covenant.               --lev. xxvi.
                                                  25.
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            on open seas their quarrels they debate. --dryden.
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   2. ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility;
      cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation.
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            herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have
            killed him.                           --mark vi. 19.
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            no man hath any quarrel to me.        --shak.
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            he thought he had a good quarrel to attack him.
                                                  --holinshed.
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   3. earnest desire or longing. obs. --holland.
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   to pick a quarrel. see under pick, v. t.
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   syn: brawl; broil; squabble; affray; feud; tumult; contest;
        dispute; altercation; contention; wrangle.
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see also:
querulous to pick a quarrel pick 

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