pickle
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I. noun
Etymology: Middle English pykyl, pekill sauce, gravy, from or akin to Middle Dutch peeckel brine
Date: 15th century
1. a solution or bath for preserving or cleaning: as
a. a brine or vinegar solution in which foods are preserved
b. any of various baths used in industrial cleaning or processing
2. a difficult situation ; plight <
could see no way out of the pickle I was in — R. L. Stevenson
>
3. an article of food that has been preserved in brine or in vinegar; specifically a cucumber that has been so preserved
II. transitive verb
(pickled; pickling)
Date: 1570
1. to treat, preserve, or clean in or with a pickle
2. to give a light finish to (as furniture) by bleaching or painting and wiping
III. noun
Etymology: perhaps from Scots pickle to trifle, pilfer
Date: 1552
1. Scottish grain, kernel
2. Scottish a small quantity
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Pickle — or pickling may refer to: Food * Pickling, the process of preserving a food by soaking and storing it in vinegar or brine, which has been going on for five thousand years. * Pickled cucumber, a food most commonly referred to as a pickle in the… … Wikipedia
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Pickle — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To give an antique appearance to; said of copies or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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pickle — [n] sticky situation bind, box*, corner*, difficulty, dilemma, disorder, fix, hole*, hot water*, jam*, predicament, quandary, scrape, spot*, tight spot*; concept 674 Ant. boon, pleasure pickle [v] preserve fruit or vegetable can, cure, keep,… … New thesaurus
pickle — [pik′əl] n. [ME pikil < MDu pekel < ? picken, to prick, in sense “that which pricks, or is piquant”] 1. any brine, vinegar, or spicy solution used to preserve or marinate food 2. a vegetable, specif. a cucumber, preserved in such a solution … English World dictionary
Pickle — Pic kle, n. [Obs.] See {Picle}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pickle — Pickle. См. Травление. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
pickle — index imbroglio Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pickle — n *predicament, plight, dilemma, quandary, scrape, fix, jam … New Dictionary of Synonyms
