Gathering

Gathering
Gathering Gath"er*ing, a. Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating. [1913 Webster]

{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. [1913 Webster]


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  • Gathering — Gath er*ing, n. 1. The act of collecting or bringing together. [1913 Webster] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gathering — Gathering. См. Собирание. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • gathering — I noun accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, amassment, assemblage, assembly, caucus, chamber, collection, company, compilation, concentration, conclave, conference, confluence, conflux, congregation, convention, convergence, convocation,… …   Law dictionary

  • gathering — a meeting, mid 12c., from late O.E. gaderung, prp. of GATHER (Cf. gather) …   Etymology dictionary

  • gathering — collection, assemblage, assembly, congregation (see under GATHER vb) Analogous words: *crowd, throng, press, horde, mob, rout, crush: accumulation (see corresponding verb ACCUMULATE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • gathering — [n] assemblage, accumulation acquisition, affair, aggregate, aggregation, association, band, body, bunch, caucus, clambake*, collection, company, concentration, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation,… …   New thesaurus

  • gathering — ► NOUN ▪ an assembly of people …   English terms dictionary

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