Pluck
Definition of Pluck
v. t. | 1. | To pull; to draw. | | 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. | | 3. | To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.They which pass by the way do pluck her. - Ps. lxxx. 2. | | 4. | (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for degrees. | v. i. | 1. | To make a motion of pulling or twitching; - usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown. | n. | 1. | The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch. | | 2. | The heart, liver, and lights of an animal. | | 3. | Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude. | | 4. | The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4. | | 5. | (Zool.) The lyrie. |
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