Look up: gleaning

1. Gleaning
   Glean'ing noun The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning. « Glenings of natural knowledge.» Cook.
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2. Gleaning
   • (n.) The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glean
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3. gleaning
   glean, gleans, gleaning 1. To gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit: 'Etymologists glean their knowledge from many classical sources.' 2. To learn, discover, or to find out; usually little by little or slowly. 3. To gather (grain or similar plant products) after the reapers or regular gatherer...
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4. Gleaning
   Gleaning was the gathering by poor people of the loose ears of corn left uncared for by reapers. This was a common practice in England until the early 20th century, and it used to be believed that the poor could legally claim to be allowed to do so; but it was decided otherwise at law.
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5. Gleaning
   Cleaning the field after harvest, a job usually given to the young, old, and poor as a form of charity.
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6. Gleaning
   `Gleaning` is the act of collecting leftover crops from farmers` fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest. Some ancient cultures promoted gleaning as an early form of a welfare system. In the Old Testament: According to the Ho...
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7. Gleaning
   (birds) (Anthoscopus caroli) hanging from the end of a branch and gleaning. `Gleaning` is a term for a feeding strategy by birds in which they catch invertebrate prey, mainly arthropods, by plucking them from foliage or the ground, from crevices such as rock faces and under the eaves o...
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