glean

Definitions

1. 1.To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
2. 2.To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain. Content to glean what we can from . . . experiments. Locke.
3. 3.To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers. And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers. Ruth ii.
4. 4.2. To pick up or gather anything by degrees. Piecemeal they this acre first, then that; Glean on, and gather up the whole estate. Pope.
5. 5.A collection made by gleaning. The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs. Dryden.
6. 6.Cleaning; afterbirth. [Obs.] Holland.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left called?
• What is to collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain. Content to glean what we can from . . . experiments. Locke called?
• What is to gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers. And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers. Ruth ii called?
• What is 2. To pick up or gather anything by degrees. Piecemeal they this acre first, then that; Glean on, and gather up the whole estate. Pope called?
• What is a collection made by gleaning. The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs. Dryden called?