The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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
imitations of paintings by the old masters.
[1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "pickling":
anhydration, blast-freezing, bottling, brining, canning, corning,
curing, dehydration, desiccation, dry-curing, drying, embalming,
evaporation, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming, irradiation, jerking,
marination, mummification, potting, quick-freezing, refrigeration,
salting, seasoning, smoking, stuffing, taxidermy, tinning