GLEAN,
1. To gather the stalks and ears of grain which reapers leave behind them.
Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of
corn---Ruth 2 .
2. To collect things thinly scattered to gather what is left in small parcels or numbers, or what is found in detached parcels as, to glean a few passages from an author.
They gleaned of them in the highways five thousand
men. Judges 20 .
GLEAN, To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.
And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers. Ruth 2 .
GLEAN, n. A collection made by gleaning, or by gathering here and there a little.
The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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