pickeer

pickeer
/pik ear"/, v.i. Obs.
1. to engage in skirmishes in advance of troops of an army.
2. to reconnoiter; scout; survey.
[1635-45; < D pikeeren, var. of pikereien < F picorée < Sp pecorea pillaging, lit., cattle-raiding, verbid of pecorear to carry off cattle, deriv. of L pecus cattle]

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