Picus, huius pici, mase gen. Plin. A birde making an hole in trees to breede in: of it be three sortes, the first a Specht, the second an Hicwaw: the third with Aristoele maketh as bigas a benne is not with vs. Blinie addech the sourth, whithe may be our witwall.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
pĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to bedaub with pitch, to pitch, to tar.I.Lit.: dolia picata, lacus, vinarius picatus, Cato, R. R. 25 sq.: dolia, Suet. Claud. 16: parietes, Plin. 36, 22, 48, 166; 11, 7, 6, 16.—II.Transf., to season with pitch: vinum, Col. 12, 23.— Hence, pĭcātus, a, um, P. a., pitchy: vinum picatum,