To remove feathers from a bird.
To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
To pull something sharply; to pull something out
To pull or twitch sharply.
To play a string instrument pizzicato.
To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.
Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.
Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
An instance of plucking or pulling sharply.
Cheap wine.
To tie up a bird before cooking it.
To secure or bind with ropes.
To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
To support.
The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.
A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.
A triangular bracket.
Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.