Glean

The corners of fields were not to be reaped, and the sheaf accidentally left behind was not to be fetched away, according to the law of Moses (Lev. 19:9; 23:22; Deut. 24:21). They were to be left for the poor to glean. Similar laws were given regarding vineyards and oliveyards. (Comp. Ruth 2:2.)

GLEAN. Ruth 2:2. In the joyful season of harvest the Jewish farmer was not allowed to forget the poor and the stranger. A special command was given. Lev 19:9-10, that he should leave some of the fruits for them to gather.

GLEAN. Ruth 2:2. In the joyful season of harvest the Jewish farmer was not allowed to forget the poor and the stranger. A special command was given. Lev 19:9-10, that he should leave some of the fruits for them to gather.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A collection made by gleaning. The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs. Dryden.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Cleaning; afterbirth. [Obs.] Holland.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers. And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers. Ruth ii. 3.

2. To pick up or gather anything by degrees. Piecemeal they this acre first, then that; Glean on, and gather up the whole estate. Pope.