Pic"ul (?), n. [Jav. & Malay pikul, fr. pikul to carry on the back, to
carry a burden; n., a man's burden.] A commercial weight varying in
different countries and for different commodities. In Borneo it is 135
lbs.; in China and Sumatra, 133Ω lbs.; in Japan, 133 lbs.; but
sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese, tan. [Written
also pecul, and pecal.]
Pic"u*let (?), n. [Dim. of Picus.] (Zoˆl.) Any species of very small
woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail
feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary
woodpeckers.
||Pi"cus (?), n.; pl. Pici (#). [L., a woodpecker.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of
||woodpeckers, including some of the common American and European
||species.
Pid"dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Piddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Piddling
(?).] [Cf. dial. Sw. pittla to keep picking at, Sw. peta to pick.] 1.
To deal in trifles; to concern one's self with trivial matters rather
than with those that are important. Ascham.