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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Pluck \Pluck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plucking}.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G. pfl["u]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka. ?27.] 1. To pull; to draw. [1913 Webster] Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution. --Je?. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. --Milton. [1913 Webster] E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl. [1913 Webster] They which pass by the way do pluck her. --Ps. lxxx.?2. [1913 Webster] 4. (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for degrees. --C. Bront['e]. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Pluck \Pluck\, v. i. To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Pluck \Pluck\, n. 1. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude. [1913 Webster] Decay of English spirit, decay of manly pluck. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 4. The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See {Pluck}, v. t., 4. [1913 Webster] 5. (Zool.) The lyrie. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Lyrie \Ly"rie\ (l[imac]"r[i^]), n. [Icel. hl[=y]ri a sort of fish.] (Zool.) A European fish ({Peristethus cataphractum}), having the body covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting in front of the nose; -- called also {noble}, {pluck}, {pogge}, {sea poacher}, and {armed bullhead}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: pluck n 1: the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury [syn: {gutsiness}, {pluck}, {pluckiness}] [ant: {gutlessness}] 2: the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord v 1: pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush" [syn: {pluck}, {tweak}, {pull off}, {pick off}] 2: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity [syn: {hustle}, {pluck}, {roll}] 3: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: {overcharge}, {soak}, {surcharge}, {gazump}, {fleece}, {plume}, {pluck}, {rob}, {hook}] [ant: {undercharge}] 4: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" [syn: {pluck}, {plunk}, {pick}] 5: strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn: {pluck}, {pull}, {tear}, {deplume}, {deplumate}, {displume}] 6: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn: {pick}, {pluck}, {cull}]