Definition of Plck
Pluck (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Plucked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Plucking.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D.
plukken, G. pflücken, Icel. plokka,
plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka. &?;27.]
1. To pull; to draw.
Its own nature . . . plucks on its own
dissolution. Je&?;. Taylor.
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.
I come to pluck your berries harsh and
crude. Milton.
E'en children followed, with endearing wile,
And plucked his gown to share the good man's
smile. Goldsmith.
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. C. Bronté.
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.
Pluck, v. i. To make a motion of
pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck
at one's gown.
Pluck, n. 1. The
act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
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.
3. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution;
fortitude.
Decay of English spirit, decay of manly
pluck. Thackeray.
4. The act of plucking, or the state of being
plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t.,
4.
5. (Zoöl.) The lyrie. [Prov.
Eng.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
PLUCK. Courage. He wants pluck: he is a coward.
Against the pluck; against the inclination. Pluck the
Ribbon; ring the bell. To pluck a crow with one; to
settle a dispute, to reprove one for some past transgression.
To pluck a rose; an expression said to be used by women
for going to the necessary house, which in the country usually
stands in the garden. To pluck also signifies to deny a
degree to a candidate at one of the universities, on account
of insufficiency. The three first books of Euclid, and as
far as Quadratic Equations in Algebra, will save a man
from being plucked. These unfortunate fellows are designated by
many opprobrious appellations, such as the twelve
apostles, the legion of honor, wise men of the East, &c.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- nerve, fortitude, or persistence
He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his pluck.
- to pull something sharply; to pull something out
She plucked the phone from her bag and phoned her friend.
- (music): To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin, etc.
Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.
- To remove feathers from a bird.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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