(a) To pull (sth.) off or out from a surface; pull out (hair, feathers, etc.); take off (a shoe); (b) to strip (a bird) of feathers; denude (a tail); ~ broues, pluck hair from the eyebrows; ppl. plukked, picked over [quot.: (c1415)]; (c) to pick (a fruit, leaf, etc.); also fig.; (d) fig. to snatch away (power, goods); ben plukked, ?be robbed; (e) in proverbs; (f) in surnames.

(a) To pull at (sb. or sth.); pull (sb. by the hair, beard, etc.); draw back the string of (a bow); ~ bi the sleve, take (sb.) by the sleeve (to get his attention); (b) to pull, draw; ~ with oxen, plow with oxen; ~ at the plough, work as a plowman; ~ upon, ?pluck (sb.) by the sleeve; ?motion to (sb.); (c) to pull or draw (sth. or sb.) in a (particular) direction; ~ in (awei, doun, to); ~ hed bak, jerk (one's) head backward; ~ forth, present (sth.), pull out for examination; ~ up seiles, set sail; (d) ~ doun, of hounds:?to chase down (deer); ~ unwar, catch (sb.) unawares; (e) to tempt (the soul); urge (sb. to do good) [1st quot.; ?error for poken].

Fig. ~ up (herte, chere), to take heart, summon up (one's) courage, cheer up.