See Also: Pick or Pick' em Game - General(gambling)
Pick or Pick' em - General(gambling)
pick(4)(dictionary)
pick-up(dictionary)
pick-off(dictionary)
Pick(medicine)
pick(3)(dictionary)
pick(2)(dictionary)
pick(1)(dictionary)
pick(dictionary)

lay-fee (iou) and pick-off (iou)


lay-fee (iou)



lay-fee noun. obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
[Anglo-Norman lai fe: see LAY adjective, FEE noun2.]
A fee or estate in land held in consideration of secular Services, as distinguished from an ecclesiastical fee. ME.
The laity, lay people collectively. LME-M17.

pick-off (iou)



pick-off noun. M20.
[from pick off s.v. PICK verb1.]
Chiefly Aeronautics. A device in a control or guidance system which produces or alters a pneumatic or electrical output in response to a change in motion. M20.
Baseball. An act of catching a runner off base by means of the pitcher or catcher suddenly throwing the ball to that base. M20.
attrib.: Washington Post Ryan's attempted pickoff throw went wide.