To be in a pickle, to be in disagreeable position; to be in a condition
of embarrassment, difficulty, or disorder. "How cam'st thou in this
pickle?" Shak. - - To put a rod in pickle, to prepare a particular
reproof, punishment, or penalty for future application.
Pic"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pickled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pickling
(?).] 1. To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind of
pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers.
2. To give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or imitations of
paintings by the old masters.
Pic"kled (?), a. Preserved in a pickle.
Pic"kle-her"ring (?), n. 1. A herring preserved in brine; a pickled
herring. [Obs.] Shak.