CULLING

Verb

culling

present participle of cull

Noun

culling (plural cullings)

The act by which things are culled; the process of selecting for acceptance or removal.

Anything separated or selected from a mass.

Source: Wiktionary


Cull"ing (kl"ng), n

1. The act of one who culls.

2. pl.

Definition: Anything separated or selected from a mass.

CULL

Cull (kl), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Culled (kld); p. pr.& Culling.] Etym: [OE., OF. cuillir, coillir, F.cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See Coil, v. t., and cf. Collect.]

Definition: To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cuil flowers. From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. Dryden. Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. Tennyson.

Cull, n.

Definition: A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Gully.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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