Select

se-lekf, v. t. To choose and take from a number, choose by preference, pick out, cull.— a. Taken from a number by preference; of special value or excellence; chosen; picked; choice. — Selec'tion, n. Act of selecting, or state of being selected; choice, by preference, from many others; that selected; something chosen or culled, also the selection of things culled. — Selecfman, n.; pi. -men. A town officer in the N. Eng. States: several are chosen annually, in each town, to manage the concerns of the town, see that the laws are enforced, etc.