Pickling

2 definitions found

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

  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]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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