| Gathering | n. 1. The act of collecting or bringing together. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Gathering | a. Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| 会 | [かい, kai] (n) (arch) gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.) #98 [Add to Longdo] |
| 座 | [ざ, za] (n, n-suf) (1) seat; place; position; (2) status; (3) gathering; group; (4) stand; pedestal; platform; (5) (historical) trade guild; (suf) (6) attaches to the names of theatres, theatrical troupes, and constellations; (suf, ctr) (7) (See 里神楽) counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs; (P) #1,135 [Add to Longdo] |
| 席 | [せき, seki] (n) (1) seat; (2) location (of a gathering, etc.); place; (3) position; post; (P) #2,263 [Add to Longdo] |
| 集合 | [しゅうごう, shuugou] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) gathering; assembly; meeting; (2) { math } set; (P) #2,829 [Add to Longdo] |
| 集中 | [しゅうちゅう, shuuchuu] (n, vs, adj-no) concentration; convergence; centralization; integration; gathering together; (P) #3,495 [Add to Longdo] |
| 寄せ | [よせ, yose] (n) (1) last moves (in go, shogi, or chess); endgame; (n-suf) (2) gathering; collecting; coming together; (P) #3,657 [Add to Longdo] |
| 収集(P);蒐集;拾集;収輯 | [しゅうしゅう, shuushuu] (n, vs) gathering up; collection; accumulation; (P) #3,870 [Add to Longdo] |
| 集会 | [しゅうかい, shuukai] (n, vs) meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally; (P) #6,537 [Add to Longdo] |
| 集結 | [しゅうけつ, shuuketsu] (n, vs) massing (of troops); gathering #9,593 [Add to Longdo] |
| 集まり(P);集り(io) | [あつまり, atsumari] (n) gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; (P) #9,762 [Add to Longdo] |
