gleaning

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GLE'ANING, participle present tense Gathering what reapers leave; collecting in small detached parcels. GLE'ANING, noun The act of gathering after reapers. 1. That which is collected by gleaning
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