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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Reducing the stoniness of farm fields by picking out the rocks. A task performed periodically, not a vocation. uncountable
2. 2
   Cleaning out the rocks during ore dressing. Done by a person, machine, or machine component. uncountable

Etymology

From rock + pick + -ing.

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