单词 | cull out |
释义 | > as lemmascull out 1. transitive. To choose from a number or quantity; to select, pick. Now most frequently used of making a literary selection. cull out: to pick out, select (archaic). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > choose in specific way [verb (transitive)] > select from a number or for a purpose markOE to choose out1297 out-trya1325 cullc1330 welec1330 try1340 walea1350 coil1399 drawa1400 to mark outa1450 electa1513 sorta1535 prick1536 exempta1538 select1567 sort1597 to gather out1611 single1629 delibate1660 to cut out1667 outlooka1687 draught1714 draft1724 to tell off1727 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > extract > extract (from) [verb (transitive)] > select (extract) culla1513 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2731 Sex hundred of hyse he colede out, Þat proued were, hardy & stout. a1400 K. Alis. 2686 Foure thousand knyghtis,..Y-coled alle for the nones. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 107 Cullyn' owte, segrego, lego, separo. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxviii. f. cxxxix The Auctours so Rawe and so ferre to Culle. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. Pref. sig. ¶¶3 Certayne haue I culled out of the Decamerone of..Boccaccio. a1593 H. Smith Serm. (1622) 338 To cull out of all the people, those which had best courage. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 60 It is no small advantage to pick or cull out the best Seed. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. viii. 82 This Villian was culled out to be sacrificed to the just Resentment of the People. 1783 G. Crabbe Village ii. 35 Words aptly cull'd, and meanings well exprest. 1877 ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings I. vi. 111 From various notes of later dates we cull the following. < as lemmas |
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