1. (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.

2. (v. t.) To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.

3. (v. t.) To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.

4. (v. i.) To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.

5. (v. i.) To pick up or gather anything by degrees.

6. (n.) A collection made by gleaning.

7. (n.) Cleaning; afterbirth.

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