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| 2 results for gleaning | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Gleaning \Glean"ing\, n. The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning. Glenings of natural knowledge. --Cook. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Glean \Glean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gleaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gleaning}.] [OE. glenen, OF. glener, glaner, F. glaner, fr. LL. glenare; cf. W. glan clean, glanh[?]u to clean, purify, or AS. gelm, gilm, a hand[?]ul.] 1. To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering. To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. --Shak. 2. To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left. 3. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain. Content to glean what we can from . . . experiments. --Locke. | |
