The removal of feathers from a bird destined for the table
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[glaciation] Plucking, also referred to as quarrying, is a glacial phenomenon that is responsible for the erosion and transportation of bedrock especially large joint blocks. As a glacier moves down a valley, friction causes the basal ice of the glacier to melt and infiltrate joints in the bedrock. The freezing and thawing action of the ice...
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[hair removal] Plucking or tweezing can mean the process of removing human hair, animal hair or a bird`s feathers by mechanically pulling the item from the owner`s body. In humans, this is done for personal grooming purposes, usually with tweezers. An epilator is a motorised hair plucker. Those under the influence of deliriants or trichotil...
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• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pluck
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Removing feathers from poultry and game.
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A process in which the guard hairs of a fur are removed by tweezing or plucking In some cases, only the uneven or coarse hairs are plucked It is necessary to pluck the furs before shearing them
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the process of harvesting the tea by cutting the flush from the growing tea shrub.
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The process of harvesting the tea by cutting the flush from the growing tea plant.
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Erosive process of particle detachment by moving glacial ice. In this process, basal ice freezes in rock surface cracks. As the main body of the glacial ice moves material around the ice in the cracks is pulled and plucked out. Also called quarrying.
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A process of glacial erosion by which blocks of rock are loosened, detached, and borne away from bedrock by the freezing of water in fissures.
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(quarrying) A process of erosion in which the glacier pulls loose pieces of bed rock.
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(glacial) erosion of rock at the base of a glacier as rock gets frozen in to the ice and carried along with it.
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