Sentence:  Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would <WSD>pluck</WSD> the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To remove feathers from a bird.