Category:Pickeer

Pick*eer", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pickeered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pickeering.] Etym: [f. picorer to go marauding, orig., to go to steal Cattle, ultimately fr. L. pecus, pecoris, cattle; cf. F. picorée, sp. Pecorea robbery committed by straggling soldiers.]

Defn: to make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in Advance of an army. See picaroon. [obs.] Bp. Burnet.