cull (kŭl)
tr.v., culled, cull·ing, culls.

1. To pick out from others; select.
2. To gather; collect.
3. To remove rejected members or parts from (a herd, for example).

n.
Something picked out from others, especially something rejected because of inferior quality.

[Middle English cullen, from Old French cuillir, from Latin colligere. See collect¹.]

culler cull'er n.

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