pikyng
Middle English
Alternative forms
- pikking, pykyng, piking, pykynge, pikkyng
Etymology
From piken + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpikinɡ/, /ˈpiːkinɡ/
Noun
pikyng
- (rare) The utilisation of an implement for removing the ground; digging up.
- (rare) robbing or pickpocketing.
- (rare) A process of tidying, cleaning, purging, or expunging.
- (rare) eating, gobbling, consuming
- (rare) A small portion of food.
Descendants
- English: picking
References
- “pī̆king(e (ger.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.