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gleaning

[ glee-ning ]

/ ˈgli nɪŋ /

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noun

the act of a person who gleans.

gleanings, things found or acquired by gleaning.

Origin of gleaning

First recorded in 1400–50, gleaning is from the late Middle English word glenynge. See glean, -ing¹

Words nearby gleaning

gld, gld., gleam, gleamy, glean, gleaning, gleanings, gleason, gleba, glebe, glede

Example sentences from the Web for gleanings

This is the first time we have published any of our gleanings from this particular source.

The Mudfog and Other Sketches |Charles Dickens
In this same box was stowed also a quantity of hair, the gleanings of all the horse-tails upon the premises.

The Seaboard Parish Volume 1 |George MacDonald
And through these gleanings he acted upon a thousand minds, that he could not otherwise have reached.

Gleanings by the Way |John A. Clark
Any one who wishes it can find the estimates set out in detail in the third and seventh volumes of "The Gleanings."

The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 |Various

Ali gave them bitterness to eat and picked their teeth afterward for gleanings!

King--of the Khyber Rifles |Talbot Mundy

British Dictionary definitions for gleanings

gleanings

/ (ˈɡliːnɪŋz) /

pl n

the useful remnants of a crop that can be gathered from the field after harvesting