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