Pluck

n.
  1. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
  2. The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
  3. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
  4. The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
  5. (Zoöl.) The lyrie.