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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Glean \Glean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gleaned}; p. pr & vb n. {Gleaning}.] [OE. glenen, OF glener, glaner, F. glaner, fr LL glenare; cf W. glan clean, glanh?u to clean, purify, or AS gelm, gilm, a hand?ul.] 1. To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering. To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. --Shak. 2. To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left 3. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out to obtain. Content to glean what we can from . . . experiments. --Locke. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gleaning \Glean"ing\, n. The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning. Glenings of natural knowledge. --Cook.
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