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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Culling  \Cull"ing\  (k?l"?ng),  n. 
  1.  The  act  of  one  who  culls. 
 
  2.  pl  Anything  separated  or  selected  from  a  mass. 




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