Pickeer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pickeer \Pick*eer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pickeered}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Pickeering}.] [F. picorer to go marauding, orig., to
     go to steal cattle, ultimately fr. L. pecus, pecoris, cattle;
     cf. F. picor['e]e, Sp. pecorea robbery committed by
     straggling soldiers.]
     To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in


     advance of an army. See {Picaroon}. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet.
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