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To pull; to draw. |
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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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To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl. |
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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. |
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The heart, liver, and lights of an animal. |
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Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude. |
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The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at
college. See Pluck, v. t., 4. |
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The lyrie. |