Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cull"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cull \Cull\, n.
A cully; a dupe; a gull. See {Cully}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cull
n : the person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in
quality [syn: {reject}]
v 1: remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick
members of the herd"
2: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn:
{pick}, {pluck}]
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