Gath"er*ing , a.
Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or
concentrating.
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.
Gath"er*ing , n.
1. The act
of collecting or bringing together.
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 boil
suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
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