Both Uses
cull
in
Cyrano de Bergerac
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- —Ay, My heart has clothed itself with witty words, To shroud itself from curious eyes:—impelled At times to aim at a star, I stay my hand, And, fearing ridicule,—cull a wild flower!†
Act 3cull = select from among many
- ROXANE: Must I then bid thee mount to cull this flower?†
Act 3 *
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)