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Deracinate :: Deracinate (v. t.) To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.

Geissler Tube :: Geissler tube () A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Plucker tube, from the German physicist who devised it..

Shamrock :: Shamrock (n.) A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.

Plucky :: Plucky (superl.) Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race..

Avulse :: Avulse (v. t.) To pluck or pull off.

Evulsion :: Evulsion (n.) The act of plucking out; a rooting out.

Plucking :: Plucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pluc.

Eradicate :: Eradicate (v. t.) To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated..

Plight :: Plight () imp. & p. p. of Pluck.

Picking :: Picking (n.) The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering..

Mortling :: Mortling (n.) Wool plucked from a dead sheep; morling.

Rape :: Rape (n.) Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster..

Pluckiness :: Pluckiness (n.) The quality or state of being plucky.

Tug :: Tug (v. t.) To pull; to pluck.

Decerption :: Decerption (n.) The act of plucking off; a cropping.

Twitch :: Twitch (v. t.) To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes..

Pizzicato :: Pizzicato () A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.).

Spunky :: Spunk (n.) An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk..

Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck..

Plucker :: Plucker (n.) One who, or that which, plucks..

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