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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&unr_;u to clean, purify, or AS. gelm, gilm, a hand&unr_;ul.]
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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.
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To glean the broken ears after the man
That the main harvest reaps. Shak.
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2. To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
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3. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.
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Content to glean what we can from . . . experiments. Locke.
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Glean, v. i. 1. To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.
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And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers. Ruth ii. 3.
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2. To pick up or gather anything by degrees.
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Piecemeal they this acre first, then that;
Glean on, and gather up the whole estate. Pope.
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Glean, n. A collection made by gleaning.
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The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs. Dryden.
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Glean, n. Cleaning; afterbirth. [Obs.] Holland.
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