| Pluck (pluck) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Pluck |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Plucked (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Plucking.] [AS. pluccian] akin to LG. *** D.
plukken, G. pflü]cken, Icel. plokka,
plukka, Dan. plukk |
To pull; to draw.
Especially, to pull with sudden force or
effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to
twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a
fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck
grapes.
To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to
pluck a fowl.
To reject at an
examination for degrees.
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To make a motion of
pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck
at one's gown.
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The
act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
The heart, liver, and lights of an
animal.
Spirit] courage; indomitable resolution;
fortitude.
The act of plucking, or the state of being
plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t.,
4.
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