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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pluk(k)it, -yt, ppl. a. Also: pluck- and -ed. [e.m.E. plucked (1552).] Plucked, in various senses.
1. That has been culled or gathered. Cf. Pluk v. 1.1587 St. A. Test. II. 81.
Samekill lint plukkit and vnplukkit as will extend to twa dwsoun of lynning claith [etc.]
2. Stripped of feathers or hair. b. fig. Robbed, ‘fleeced’, stripped of things of value.(1) c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 382.
I thoght my self a papingay et him a plukit herle 1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 86.
Commonys [are] plukkyt crawis a1585 Polwart Flyt. 732 (T).
Ane plukit guis(2) 1607 Dundee B. Laws 414.
That nather maister servand or prentise … beis fund bying ony plukit pelletis fra ony mercheand 1649 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. III. 50.
For certane stolne horss wooll and pluckit skins & uther stolne guids(3) a1585 Polwart Flyt. 757 (H).
Greedie gouked poore and plucked [T. vnplukkit] [etc.]
c. fig. Stripped of his office or dignity (as a duke; cf. Pluk v. 2 and 2b), or of feathers (as a ‘plucked duck’,). —1513 Doug. vi. Prol. 23.
Quhat of thir fureis or Pluto that plukkit duke
