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Webster 1913 Edition

Cull

Cull

(k?l)
,
Verb.
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
,
Verb.
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.

Cull

,
Noun.
A cully; a dupe; a gull. See
Cully
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cull

CULL

,
Verb.
T.
To pick out; to separate one or more things from others; to select from many; as, to cull flowers; to cull hoops and staves for market.

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