Both Uses
cull
in
Romeo and Juliet
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- No, madam, we have culled such necessaries
As are behooveful for our state tomorrow.†p. 191.3 - I do remember an apothecary—
And hereabouts he dwells,—which late I noted
In tatter'd weeds, with overwhelming brows,
Culling of simples. ...p. 213.7 *culling = selecting from among many
Definitions:
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(1)
(cull) to select from among many -- sometimes what is desired; sometimes to eliminate that which is not wanted
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)