picker

One who picks, culls, collects, or gathers: as, a rag-picker; a hop-picker.

The workman who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.

A tool or apparatus used in different manufacturing processes involving picking of some sort.

One who or that which steals; a pilferer.

A young cod, Gadus morrhua, too small to swallow bait.

One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, — as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax.

A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fiber.

The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp.

A priming wire for cleaning the vent.