They which pass by the way do pluck her.
Ps. lxxx.&?;2.
4. (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for degrees. C.
BrontÈ.
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.
Pluck, v. i. To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with
at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
Pluck, n. 1. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
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.