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Definition of Plucks

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Lyrie Ly"rie (l[imac]"r[i^]), n. [Icel. hl[=y]ri a sort of fish.] (Zo["o]l.) A European fish (Peristethus cataphractum), having the body covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting in front of the nose; -- called also noble, pluck, pogge, sea poacher, and armed bullhead.
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Pluck Pluck, n. 1. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch. 2. [Prob. so called as being plucked out after the animal is killed; or cf. Gael. & Ir. pluc a lump, a knot, a bunch.] The heart, liver, and lights of an animal. 3. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude. Decay of English spirit, decay of manly pluck. --Thackeray. 4. The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4. 5. (Zo["o]l.) The lyrie. [Prov. Eng.]

Meaning of Plucks from wikipedia

- Plucker is an open-source offline e-reader for PDAs, and the ****ociated Plucker file format. The Plucker software suite includes a supporting desktop application...
- Look up pluck in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pluck or plucking may refer to: Plucking (hair removal), the removal of hair, fur, or feathers Feather-plucking...
- behavioural disorder commonly seen in captive birds that chew, bite or pluck their own feathers with their beak, resulting in damage to the feathers...
- point directly to the intended article. Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist 29643 Plücker, main-belt asteroid Plücker Line Plücker matrix...
- Julius Plücker (16 June 1801 – 22 May 1868) was a German mathematician and physicist. He made fundamental contributions to the field of analytical geometry...
- River Stour downstream from Plucks Gutter) flow onward to the sea via Sandwich to Pegwell Bay near Ramsgate, leaving Plucks Gutter six miles in a straight...
- Pluck and Luck: Complete Stories of Adventure was an American dime novel first published by Frank Tousey and was the longest-running dime novel. It numbered...
- The Plucker is a 160 page novel both written and illustrated by Brom. There are three parts to the story, in 22 chapters, and over 100 illustrations in...
- Elphinstone Hambledon. The book was named after the old Ferry Cottage at Plucks Gutter. Chris Steinbrunner; Otto Penzler (1976). Encyclopedia of Mystery...
- In geometry, Plücker coordinates, introduced by Julius Plücker in the 19th century, are a way to ****ign six homogeneous coordinates to each line in projective...