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picquetnoun
A card game for two players, using thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside.
Webster Dictionary
Picquetnoun
see Piquet
Wikidata
Picquet
The picquet was a method of torture used as military punishment in vogue in late medieval Europe. The punishment of the picquet required placing a stake in the ground with the exposed end facing upward. The exposed end had a rounded point. The malefactor was typically a junior officer who had disobeyed orders. One thumb was suspended from a tree, while the sole or heel of the opposite bare foot was balanced atop the stake. The point of the stake was sharp enough to cause considerable discomfort, but not sharp enough to draw blood. To relieve pressure upon the tortured foot, the prisoner relegated all his weight to the thumb, all but tearing the thumb from its socket, which could only be relieved by shifting weight back onto the tortured foot. The procedure could be continued for a few hours, to as much as a day or two. The punishment generally did not cause lasting physical harm.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Picquet
Same as Piquet.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PICQUET
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Picquet is ranked #67943 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Picquet surname appeared 290 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Picquet.
56.5% or 164 total occurrences were Black.
42% or 122 total occurrences were White.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of picquet in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of picquet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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- pikedoEsperanto
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