meister (iou) and pluck(1) (iou)

meister (iou)

-meister suffix. colloq.
[German Meister MASTER noun1.]
Forming nouns denoting persons regarded as skilled or prominent in a specified area of activity, as schlockmeister, spinmeister, etc.

pluck noun. ME.
[from the verb.]
I.
An act of plucking; a sudden sharp pull, a tug, a twitch, a snatch. ME.
F. Burney Little dog gave it a pluck; knot slipt. T. Woolner Her breath caught with short plucks.
b. fig. A turn; a bout; an attempt. E16-M18.
Bunyan They..have a mind to have a pluck with Gyant Dispair.
c. Nautical. A pull, a tow. E20.
N. Shute I'll get my launch to give you a pluck in later.
An act of rejecting a candidate as not reaching the pass standard in an examination; the fact of failing to reach the pass standard in an examination. arch. colloq. M19.
H. M. Smythies Visions of a pluck danced before the weary eyes of tutor and pupil.
II.
The heart, liver, and lungs (and Other viscera) of an animal as used for Food. E17.
J. T. Story That was pig's pluckyou know, the liver and lights.
b. transf. The entrails of a person. E18.
M. Kingsley Unpleasant-looking objects stuck on sticks. They were..in fact the plucks of witch-doctors.
The heart as the seat of courage; courage, boldness, spirit. L18.
E. Nesbit You've got kids worth having! I wish my Denny had their pluck. Woman's Own The little lad showed a lot of pluck..going to his mother's aid.
b. Boldness or clarity in a photographic print or negative. colloq. L19.
c. Wine. US Black slang. M20.
III.
Something that is plucked. Long rare or obsolete in gen. sense. M17.
b. A fish, esp. a herring, forming part of a catch, damaged during removal from the net. M18.
A two-pronged fork with the teeth at right angles to the shaft. Chiefly Scot. E19.
Comb.: pluck side Geology = lee side (b) s.v. LEE noun1 & adjective.
pluckless adjective without pluck; devoid of courage or spirit: E19.

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