Definition of gathering

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Gathering (n.) A charitable contribution; a collection.

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Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.
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..
Levee :: Levee (n.) A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee..
Racemation :: Racemation (n.) Cultivation or gathering of clusters of grapes.
Segregation :: Segregation (n.) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process..
Gathering :: Gathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gathe.
Compilation :: Compilation (n.) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents..
Concourse :: Concourse (n.) An assembly; a gathering formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place.
Conglomeration :: Conglomeration (n.) The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation; that which is conglomerated; a mixed mass.
Vintaging :: Vintaging (n.) The act of gathering the vintage, or crop of grapes..
Drum Major :: Drum major () A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4..
Slogan :: Slogan (n.) The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland; hence, any rallying cry..
Collect :: Collect (v. t.) To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.
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..
Collection :: Collection (n.) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.
Woolgathering :: Woolgathering (n.) Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design.
Harvester :: Harvester (n.) One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.
Congestion :: Congestion (n.) The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
Gathering :: Gathering (n.) A crowd; an assembly; a congregation.
Shirr :: Shirr (n.) A series of close parallel runnings which are drawn up so as to make the material between them set full by gatherings; -- called also shirring, and gauging..
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