Ploy, v. i. [Prob. abbrev. fr. deploy.] (Mil.) To form a column from a
line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of
deploy. Wilhelm.
Ploy"ment (?), n. (Mil.) The act or movement of forming a column from a
line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of
deployment.
Pluck (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plucked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Plucking.]
[AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G. pfl¸cken, Icel. plokka,
plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka. &?;27.] 1. To pull; to draw.
Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution.
Je&?;. Taylor.
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.