PLUCK
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Pluck (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plucked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Plucking.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G. pfl&ü;cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka. &unr_;27.] 1. To pull; to draw.
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Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution.
Je&unr_;. Taylor.
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2. 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.
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I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
Milton.
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E'en children followed, with endearing wile,
And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile.
Goldsmith.
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3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
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They which pass by the way do pluck her.
Ps. lxxx.&unr_;2.
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4. (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for degrees. C. Bronté.
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To pluck away, to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to tear away. -- To pluck down, to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a lower state. -- to pluck off, to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the skin. -- to pluck up. (a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up a plant; to pluck up a nation. Jer. xii. 17. (b) To gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage.
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Pluck, v. i. To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
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Pluck, n. 1. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
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2. [Prob. so called as being plucked out after the animal is killed; or cf. Gael. & Ir. pluc a lump, a knot, a bunch.] The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
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3. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
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Decay of English spirit, decay of manly pluck.
Thackeray.
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4. The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
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5. (Zo&ö;l.) The lyrie. [Prov. Eng.]
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