Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PICK'ET, n. [Fr. piquet; Russ. beket.]

1. A stake sharpened or pointed; used in fortification and encampments.
2. A narrow board pointed; used in making fence.
3. A guard posted in front of an army to give notice of the approach of the enemy. – Marshall.
4. A game at cards. [See Piquet.]
5. A punishment which consists in making the offender stand with one foot on a pointed stake.