5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lyrie  \Ly"rie\  (l[imac]"r[i^]),  n.  [Icel.  hl[=y]ri  a  sort  of 
  fish.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  European  fish  ({Peristethus  cataphractum}),  having  the  body 
  covered  with  bony  plates,  and  having  three  spines  projecting 
  in  front  of  the  nose;  --  called  also  {noble},  {pluck}, 
  {pogge},  {sea  poacher},  and  {armed  bullhead}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pluck  \Pluck\,  v.  i. 
  To  make  a  motion  of  pulling  or  twitching;  --  usually  with  at 
  as  to  pluck  at  one's  gown. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pluck  \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. 
 
  3.  Spirit;  courage;  indomitable  resolution;  fortitude. 
 
  Decay  of  English  spirit,  decay  of  manly  pluck. 
  --Thackeray. 
 
  4.  The  act  of  plucking,  or  the  state  of  being  plucked,  at 
  college.  See  {Pluck},  v.  t.,  4. 
 
  5.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  lyrie.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pluck  \Pluck\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Plucked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Plucking}.]  [AS.  pluccian  akin  to  LG  &  D.  plukken  G. 
  pfl["u]cken,  Icel.  plokka,  plukka,  Dan.  plukke  Sw  plocka 
  ?27.] 
  1.  To  pull  to  draw. 
 
  Its  own  nature  .  .  .  plucks  on  its  own  dissolution. 
  --Je?.  Taylor. 
 
  2.  Especially,  to  pull  with  sudden  force  or  effort,  or  to 
  pull  off  or  out  from  something  with  a  twitch;  to  twitch; 
  also  to  gather,  to  pick  as  to  pluck  feathers  from  a 
  fowl;  to  pluck  hair  or  wool  from  a  skin;  to  pluck  grapes. 
 
  I  come  to  pluck  your  berries  harsh  and  crude. 
  --Milton. 
 
  E'en  children  followed,  with  endearing  wile,  And 
  plucked  his  gown  to  share  the  good  man's  smile. 
  --Goldsmith. 
 
  3.  To  strip  of  or  as  of  feathers;  as  to  pluck  a  fowl. 
 
  They  which  pass  by  the  way  do  pluck  her  --Ps. 
  lxxx.?2. 
 
  4.  (Eng.  Universities)  To  reject  at  an  examination  for 
  degrees.  --C.  Bront['e]. 
 
  {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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pluck 
  n  1:  the  trait  of  showing  courage  and  determination  in  spite  of 
  possible  loss  or  injury  [syn:  {gutsiness},  {pluckiness}] 
  [ant:  {gutlessness}] 
  2:  the  act  of  pulling  and  releasing  a  taut  cord 
  v  1:  pull  or  pull  out  sharply;  "pluck  the  flowers  off  the  bush" 
  [syn:  {tweak},  {pull  off},  {pick  off}] 
  2:  sell  something  to  or  obtain  something  from  by  energetic  and 
  esp.  underhanded  activity  [syn:  {hustle},  {roll}] 
  3:  rip  off  ask  an  unreasonable  price  [syn:  {overcharge},  {soak}, 
  {surcharge},  {gazump},  {fleece},  {plume},  {rob},  {hook}] 
  [ant:  {undercharge}] 
  4:  pull  lightly  but  sharply  with  a  plucking  motion,  as  of 
  guitar  strings;  "he  plucked  the  strings  of  his  mandolin" 
  [syn:  {plunk},  {pick}] 
  5:  strip  of  feathers;  as  of  chickens  [syn:  {pull},  {tear},  {deplume}, 
  {deplumate},  {displume}] 
  6:  look  for  and  gather;  "pick  mushrooms";  "pick  flowers"  [syn: 
  {pick},  {cull}] 

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