plucheinesæ

pl. [Mod. Latin pluche (a); Botany: A sub-tribe of Composites, tribe Asteroidee. Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -iner.] pluck, *plocke, *plukke, v . t . [A.S. pluccian; cogn. with Dutch plukken ; Icel. plokka , plukka ; Dan. plukke ; Sw. plocka ; Ger. pflücken.] 1. To gather, to pick, to cull. "And waste the solitary day In plucking from yon fen the reed." Scott: Marmion, i. (Introd.) 2. To pull with force; to tug, to twitch. "As they pa by, pluck Casca by the sleeve." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, 1. 2. 3. To pull off with force; to tear off, as clothes. " Pluck away his crop with his feathers."- Levit . i. 16. 4. To strip of feathers. "Since I pluckt geese 3159 pluck (1), s. [PLUCK, v.] 1. The act of plucking; a pull, a draw. "Industrious Moll, with many a pluck , Unwings the plumage of each duck." Smart : An Invitation to Mrs. Tyler. 2. The heart, lights, and liver of an animal. 3. Courage, spirit, endurance, resolution. "If there's the pluck of a man among you three, you'll help me." -Dickens: Oliver Twist , ch. 1. 4. The act of plucking; the state of being plucked for an examination. "To avoid the disgrace and hindrance of a pluck ."_ Farrar: Julian Home , ch. xxvi. 5. A two-pronged dung-drag. pluck-penny, s. A game.