Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CULL, v.t. [Qu. Fr. cueillir, It. cogliere, to gather; Norm. culhir; It. scegliere. To cull, is rather to separate, or to take.]

To pick out; to separate one or more things from others; to select from many; as, to cull flowers; to cull hoops and staves for market. – Pope. Prior. Laws of Conn.