Pick*eer" (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Pickeered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Pickeering.] [F. picorer to go marauding, orig., to go
to steal cattle, ultimately fr. L. pecus, pecoris,
cattle; cf. F. picorée, Sp. pecorea robbery
committed by straggling soldiers.] To make a raid for booty; to
maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See
Picaroon. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.