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Definition of Gathering

Gathering
Gathering 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.
Gathering
Gathering 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.

Meaning of Gathering from wikipedia

- gathering may refer to: Hunter-gatherer, a person or a society whose subsistence depends on hunting and gathering of wild foods Intensive gathering,...
- Magic: The Gathering is both a trading card and digital collectible card game created by Richard Garfield. Released in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast, Magic...
- The Gathering may refer to: The Gathering (1977 film), a made-for-TV drama starring Edward Asner and Maureen Stapleton The Gathering (2003 film), a thriller/horror...
- Gathering Blue is a young adult-social science novel, written by Lois Lowry and released in the year 2000. It is a companion book to The Giver (1993)...
- agricultural societies, which rely mainly on domesticated species. Hunting and gathering was humanity's first and most successful adaptation, occupying at least...
- The Gathering is a Dutch rock band, founded in 1989 by brothers Hans and René Rutten and vocalist Bart Smits in Oss, North Brabant. The Gathering earliest...
- The trading card game Magic: The Gathering has released a large number of sets since it was first published by Wizards of the Coast. After the 1993 release...
- Magic: The Gathering is a game with detailed and, at times, complex rules. Knowledge of the game's rules is necessary to play the game. Each player...
- The Gathering Storm may refer to: The Gathering Storm, the first volume of Sir Winston Churchill's The Second World War The Gathering Storm (1974 film)...
- A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase the...
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