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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Cull

/(k?l)/ · IPA /kʌl/
01 v. t. To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.
imp. & p. p. Culled; p. pr. & vb. n. Culling
  1. 1.
    To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.
    “From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls.” Dryden.
    “Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled.” Tennyson.
02 n. A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully.
  1. 1.
    A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully. See: Cully