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livid (medicine) and pick-up (iou)


livid (medicine)


livid
Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead colour; discoloured, as flesh by contusion. "There followed no carbuncles, no purple or livid spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted." (Bacon)

Origin: L. Lividus, from livere to be of a blush colour, to be black and blue: cf. F. Livide.

Source: Websters Dictionary


pick-up (iou)



pick-up noun & adjective. M19.
[from pick up s.v. PICK verb1.]
A. noun.
I.
A thing picked up; spec. a person met casually, esp. one with whom a person aims to establish a sexual relationship. M19.
The action or an act of picking up. L19.
W. G. Grace Pick-up and return must be one action. Daily Telegraph Sales showed their expected pick-up. Arizona Daily Star Pick-up of trash will be subject to a..charge. Soldier An internal rescue hoist..for pick ups in inaccessible areas.
The quantity of unretrieved game collected after a shoot. L19.
The capacity for increasing speed; acceleration. E20.
Athletics Weekly It was..his pick-up which gave him the..lead.
Reception of signals by electrical apparatus; spec. interference. E20.
Nuclear Physics. A nuclear reaction in which an incident particle such as a proton captures a nucleon from a target atom. Also pick-up reaction. M20.
Music. A series of introductory notes leading into the opening part of a tune; an anacrusis. M20.
Tendency to pick up or absorb a substance. M20.
II.
A thing which picks up something; a passenger or goods vehicle, esp. a slow or last train. L19.
a. = pick-me-up s.v. PICK verb1. L19.
b. A current collector on an electric tram etc. L19.
c. A sensor, a transducer; a device that produces an electrical signal in response to some Other kind of signal or charge; esp. (a) the part of a record-player carrying the stylus, a cartridge; an analogous part of a compact-disc player; (b) a device attached to or forming part of a musical instrument which picks up sound vibrations to be amplified electrically. E20.
Canberra Times Features..3-beam laser pick-up for improved tracking accuracy.
Angling. A semicircular loop of metal for guiding the line back on to the spool as it is reeled in. M20.
A small truck or van with an open body, used for carrying light loads. M20.
R. Thomas Elfed the Milk..in his pick-up loaded with crates.
b. attrib. or as adjective.
Impromptu; done or formed on the spur of the moment or with whatever components etc. are to hand. M19.
D. Baker He..made records with..many pick-up bands.
That picks up or is used in picking up. L19.
Special collocations: pick-up arm in a record-player, the arm carrying the pick-up. pick-up truck = sense A.12 above. pick-up tube Television a vacuum tube that produces an electrical signal corresponding to an optical image formed in it or on it; a camera tube.