Culling
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Culling![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Culling \Cull"ing\ (k?l"?ng), n.
1. The act of one who culls.
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2. pl. Anything separated or selected from a mass.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 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. [1913 Webster] From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Matching Word(s) Sculling Dulling Fulling Gulling Hulling Lulling Mulling Pulling Calling Colling Curling Cutling sculling pulling calling curling dulling lulling
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