† pickieman Sc. Obs.
Also 7 peckcaman.
[f. pick v.1 + man.]
A miller's assistant, whose duty was to pick the millstone: cf. pikeman2 2.
| 1604 Court Bk. Barony Urie (1892) 3 Sum tennentis..wald nocht content thame selffis with the serwice of the Peckcaman. 1808 Jamieson, Pickie-man, the name formerly given to a miller's servant, from his work of keeping the mill in order. 1825 Ibid., Pikman, Pikeman, Pikieman, the same as Pickie-man, and pron. as three syllables. |