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Webster 1913 Edition
Gathering
Gath′er-ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of collecting or bringing together.
2.
That which is gathered, collected, or brought together
; as: (a)
A crowd; an assembly; a congregation.
(b)
A charitable contribution; a collection.
(c)
A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
Gath′er-ing
,Adj.
Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
Gathering board
(Bookbinding)
, a table or board on which signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
Knight.
– Gathering coal
, a lighted coal left smothered in embers over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the morning.
– Gathering hoop
, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped over them.
– Gathering peat
. (a)
A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a fire.
(b)
In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by the Highlanders.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gathering
GATH'ERING
,ppr.
GATH'ERING
,Noun.
1.
Collection; a crowd; an assembly.2.
Charitable contribution. 1 Cor.16.3.
A tumor suppurated or maturated; a collection of pus; an abscess.Definition 2024
gathering
gathering
English
Noun
gathering (plural gatherings)
Coptic binding with eight gatherings (3).
- A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
- I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.
- A group of people or things.
- A gathering of fruit.
- (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
- This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation.
- A charitable contribution; a collection.
- A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
Translations
get-together, social function
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group of people or things
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bookbinding: group of sheets
Etymology 2
From Middle English gaderynge, equivalent to gather + -ing (present participle ending).
Verb
gathering
- present participle of gather
- She enjoyed gathering wildflowers.
Derived terms
- data-gathering