I. ˈkəl transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English cullen, colen, from Middle French cuillir, coillir to pick, gather, from Latin colligere to gather, collect — more at collect
1.
a. : gather , pluck
cull flowers
b. : to pick out and collect : choose
culled the best passages from the poet's works
2.
a. : to subject (as a field) to culling
b. : to identify and remove culls from (a flock or herd)
3. : to select or separate out as inferior or worthless
II. noun
( -s )
1. obsolete : the act of culling : selection
2. : something rejected especially as being inferior or worthless (as a cow from the herd, diseased plants from healthy ones, or nonlaying hens from a flock) — usually used in plural
3.
a. : a grade of lumber below the lowest common grade
b. : pecky cypress
III. adjective
Etymology: cull (II)
: culled out especially as inferior : being a cull ; specifically : being a low grade of animal carcass used for processed meat food products
IV. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: by alteration
now dialect : coll I
V. “, ˈku̇l noun
( -s )
Etymology: perhaps short for cullion
dialect Britain : dupe , gull , simpleton