Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pickle
Pickle
pickle
n. & v. --n. 1 a (often in pl.) food, esp. vegetables, preserved in brine, vinegar, mustard, etc. and used as a relish. b the brine, vinegar, etc. in which food is preserved. 2 colloq. a plight (a fine pickle we are in!). 3 Brit. colloq. a mischievous child. 4 an acid solution for cleaning metal etc. --v.tr. 1 preserve in pickle. 2 treat with pickle. 3 (as pickled adj.) sl. drunk. Etymology: ME pekille, pykyl, f. MDu., MLG pekel, of unkn. orig.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English pykyl, pekill sauce, gravy, from or akin to Middle Dutch peeckel brine Date: 15th century a solution or bath for preserving or cleaning: as, a brine or vinegar solution in which foods are preserved, any of various baths used in industrial cleaning or processing, a difficult situation ; plight , an article of food that has been preserved in brine or in vinegar, II. transitive verb (~d; pickling) Date: 1570 to treat, preserve, or clean in or with a ~, to give a light finish to (as furniture) by bleaching or painting and wiping, III. noun Etymology: perhaps from Scots ~ to trifle, pilfer Date: 1552 grain, kernel, a small quantity ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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