gathering peat — noun 1. : a peat used as a gathering coal 2. : a fiery peat formerly sent round by the Scottish borderers as an alarm signal compare fiery cross … Useful english dictionary
gathering-peat — gathˈering coal or gathˈering peat noun A coal, or peat, put into a fire to keep it alive until morning • • • Main Entry: ↑gather … Useful english dictionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gathering board — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gathering coal — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gathering hoop — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gathering-coal — gathˈering coal or gathˈering peat noun A coal, or peat, put into a fire to keep it alive until morning • • • Main Entry: ↑gather … Useful english dictionary
gathering coal — noun : a large lump of coal left smothered in embers to hold a fire (as during the night) * * * gathering coal, a large lump of coal or peat banked with embers at night to keep the fire until morning … Useful english dictionary
Ireland — Irelander, n. /uyeur leuhnd/, n. 1. John, 1838 1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888 1918. 2. Also called Emerald Isle. Latin, Hibernia. a large western island of the British … Universalium
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
