picked dogfish

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.Pointed; sharp. "Picked and polished." --Chapman. [1913 Webster]

Let the stake be made picked at the top.— Mortimer.[1913 Webster]

2.(Zool.) Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes. [1913 Webster]

3.Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men. [1913 Webster]

4.Fine; spruce; smart; precise; dianty. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Picked dogfish. (Zool.) See under Dogfish.

Picked out, ornamented or relieved with lines, or the like, of a different, usually a lighter, color; as, a carriage body dark green, picked out with red. [1913 Webster]