uppluck

Definition

To pluck up; pull up; deracinate.

Etymology

From Middle English upplucken, upplukken, equivalent to up- + pluck.

Example Sentences

• "And you, sweet flow'rs that in this garden grow...Yourselves uppluck'd would to his funeral hie."
• "The gates of the toun hath he upplight, and on his bak ycaried them hath he, [...]"
• "For to the seated hills they flew, Which loos'ning to and fro, Quickly upplucked by the roots And on their en'mys throw, [...]"