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Encyclopedia Britannica



PLUCK

This article appears in Volume V21, Page 853 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PIG-POL
PLUCK , to pull or pick off something, as
flowers
  from a plant, feathers from a bird. The word in O. Eng. is pluccian or ploccian and is represented by numerous forms in Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. pfliicken, Du. plukken, Dan. plakke, &c. In sense and form a plausible identification has been found with Ital. piluccare, to pick grapes,
hair
 , feathers, cf. Fr. eplucher, pick. These romanic words are to be referred to Lat. pilus,
hair
 , which has also given " peruke " or " periwig " and " plush." Difficulties of phonology, history and chronology, however, seem to show that this close similarity is only a coincidence. " Pluck," in the sense of courage, was originally a
slang
  word of the prize-ring, and Sir W. Scott (
Journal
 , Sept. 4, 1827) speaks of the " want of that article blackguardly called pluck." In butcher's parlance the " pluck " of an animal is the heart,
liver
  and lungs, probably so called from their being " plucked " or pulled out of the carcase immediately after slaughtering. The heart being the typical seat of courage, the transference is obvious. In university colloquial or
slang
  use, " to pluck " is to refuse to pass a candidate on examination; the more usual colloquial word is now " to plough." At the granting of degrees at
Oxford
  objection to a candidate could be taken for other reasons than failure at examination, and the person thus challenging drew the attention of the proctor in
congregation
  by " plucking " a piece of black
silk
  attached to the back of his
gown
 .


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