Anagrams of: PICKETLINE

• be overly critical; criticize minor details

• vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• preserve in a pickling liquid

• a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

• a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack

• a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work

• a vehicle performing sentinel duty

• a wooden strip forming part of a fence

• a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake

• serve as pickets or post pickets

• fasten with a picket

• relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith

• characterized by motion

• supplying motive force

• neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• the quantity of a crop that is harvested

• the best people or things in a group

• the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

• a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

• a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material

• a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends

• a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body

• the act of choosing or selecting

• select carefully from a group

• look for and gather

• harass with constant criticism

• provoke

• remove in small bits

• remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits

• pilfer or rob

• pay for something

• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

• attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

• hit lightly with a picking motion

• eat intermittently; take small bites of

• a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking

• the act of tickling

• touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements

• feel sudden intense sensation or emotion

• touch or stroke lightly