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"To Cull" (From the OED: "1. trans. To choose from a number…
"To Cull" (From the OED: "1. trans. To choose from a number or quantity; to select, pick.
Now most frequently used of making a literary selection.
cull out: to pick out, select (arch.).", ( b. spec. To select and kill (wild animals or birds), usu.
in order to improve the stock or reduce the population.))