Definition of gathering

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Gathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gathe.

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Segregation :: Segregation (n.) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process..
Compilation :: Compilation (n.) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
Gleaning :: Gleaning (n.) The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning.
Vindemiation :: Vindemiation (n.) The operation of gathering grapes.
Symposiarch :: Symposiac (n.) A conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet; hence, any similar gathering..
Drum Major :: Drum major () A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4..
Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) A kind of execution for a rent, as in the case of a beneficed clerk, of the profits of a benefice, till he shall have satisfied some debt established by decree; the gathering up of the fruits of a benefice during a vacancy, for the use of the next incumbent; the disposing of the goods, by the ordinary, of one who is dead, whose estate no man will meddle with..
Trawl :: Trawl (n.) A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom..
Slogan :: Slogan (n.) The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland; hence, any rallying cry..
Conventicle :: Conventicle (n.) A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly..
Glean :: Glean (v. t.) 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..
Vintage :: Vintage (n.) The act or time of gathering the crop of grapes, or making the wine for a season..
Teaseling :: Teaseling (n.) The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels.
Bee :: Bee (n.) A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee..
Collect :: Collect (v. t.) To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.
Buffet :: Buffet (n.) A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering..
Florilege :: Florilege (n.) The act of gathering flowers.
Woolgathering :: Woolgathering (n.) Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design.
Inning :: Inning (n.) Ingathering; harvesting.
Hall :: Hall (n.) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment..
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