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[Eng. pluck (1), s.; -le .] Destitute of pluck, timid, faint-hearted. pluck-ỹ, a. [Eng. pluck (1), s.; -y.] 1. Having pluck, courage, or spirit; courageous. "If you're plucky , and not over subject to fright." Barham: In golds by Legends; Smuggler's Leap. 2. Characterized by pluck or spirit; spirited. "One of the pluckiest races ever entered upon."-Lon don Daily Telegraph. pluff, v . t . [Onomatopoetic.] To throw or puff out smoke in quick whiffs; to throw out hair-powder in dre ing the hair; to set fire to gunpowder. pluff, s. [PLUFF, v.] 1. A puff, as of smoke; a small quantity of gunpowder set on fire. 2. A hair-dre er's powder-puff. pluf-fy, a . [PLUFF.] Fluffy, flabby, puffed up. plug, *plugge, s. [O. Dut. plugge =a plug, plug gen to plug; Dut. plug =a peg, a bung; Sw. plugg =a plug; Dan. plök =a peg; Ger. pflock =a plug, a peg; all from the Celtic; Ir. ploc , pluc =a plug, a stopper, a bung; Gael. ploc =a club, a block, a plug; Wel. ploc a block, a plug.] I. Ordinary Language: IMG:content-1228.png:[blocks in formation] 1. A rod attached to the working-beam of a condensing-engine for the purpose of driving the working-gear of the valves. Sometimes called the plug-tree. 2. The air-pump rod. plug-tap, s. A master-tap (q. v.). plug-tree, s. [PLUG-ROD, 1.]