0 present participle of pluck --
1 to pull something, especially with a sudden movement, in order to remove it: --
2 to pull and then release the strings of a musical instrument with your finger to play notes: --
The method is rather laborious for day-to-day management of tea harvesting, but could be useful where a change in plucking regime is to be made.
Bowing generates a different pattern of amplitudes than plucking, and the amplitudes of the higher harmonics are relatively greater at more intense excitation levels.
Of the remaining 20 seeds, 16 were dropped beneath the tree by birds plucking them from the pods.
Previous work has shown that predicted yields are sensitive to the harvest interval and plucking standard.
Without such support, they may be reduced to plucking 'grains from grass ', as the book's title alludes.
This involves breaking off the stump remaining after plucking, if it is too long.
Some dierences might be expected due to the unavoidable variability inherent in the plucking process.
We consider that the second method is preferable, as this gives equal weight to all plucking points.
