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Having courage and spirit. [R.]

in degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition. It [laurel] has been plucked nine months, and yet looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety years. Leigh Hunt.

Plucked off or away. [Obs.]

That may be plucked off, cropped, or torn away. [Obs.] Bailey.

That which is plucked off or rent away; a fragment; a piece. Glanvill.

The state of being plucked up by the roots.

under microscopical examination. P. H. Gosse. -- Live feathers, feathers which have been plucked from the living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic. -- Live gang. (Sawing) See under Gang. -- Live grass (Bot.), a grass of the genus Eragrostis. -- Live load (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a varying…

Wool plucked from a dead sheep; morling.

ck your berries harsh and crude. Milton. E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile. Goldsmith.

Plucked; pilled; moulting. " A pulled hen." Chaucer.

Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. Ray.

To fix; to set firm. From their foundations, loosening to and fro, They plucked the seated hills. Milton.

. Sensitive fern (Bot.), an American fern (Onoclea sensibilis), the leaves of which, when plucked, show a slight tendency to fold together. -- Sensitive flame (Physics), a gas flame so arranged that under a suitable adjustment of pressure it is exceedingly sensitive to sounds, being caused to roar, flare, or become su…

foliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.

To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.

us; as, a venturous soldier. Spenser. This said, he paused not, but with venturous arm He plucked, he tasted. Milton. -- Ven"tur*ous*ly, adv. -- Ven"tur*ous*ness, n.