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| 2 results for culling | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Culling \Cull"ing\ (k?l"?ng), n. 1. The act of one who culls. 2. pl. Anything separated or selected from a mass. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Cull \Cull\ (k?l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Culled} (k?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Culling}.] [OE. cullen, OF. cuillir, coillir, F. cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See {Coil}, v. t., and cf. {Collect}.] To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers. From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. --Dryden. Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. --Tennyson. | |
