Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Cull

Cull (k?l) , transitive verb

[Old Englishcullen, Old French cuillir, coillir, French cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, from Latin colligere. See Coil, transitive verb, and compare Collect.]

To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.
From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. — Dryden
Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. — Tennyson

Cull , noun

A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully.