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gathered, ppl. a.|ˈgæðəd|
[f. gather v. + -ed1.]
1. Collected, brought together; culled, picked.
1388Wyclif Isa. lvii. 13 Whanne thou schalt crie thi gederid tresours delyuere thee. c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxviii. vii, Captyves store thou hast led up with thee, Whose gathered spoiles to men thou wilt impart. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 608 The gathered grapes must be left in the ground at the least for a day or two. 1693Dryden Ovid's Met. i. 309 About his lips the gather'd foam he churns. 1715Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) I. 4 All dug Stones are better..than gather'd ones. 1816Byron Siege Cor. xxxiii, The jackal's troop, in gather'd cry, Bay'd from afar complainingly. 1871C. E. Mudie Stray Leaves (1872) 12 How can I, Lord, withhold Life's brightest hour From Thee; or gathered gold.
b. Of a single flower: Culled, plucked.
1588Shakes. Tit. A. iii. i. 113 Then fresh teares Stood on her cheekes, as doth the hony dew Vpon a gathred Lillie almost withered.
2. Contracted, drawn together (esp. of dress).
1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 26 One thousand Irishmen, all naked save their mantels and their thicke gathered shirts. 1617Moryson Itin. iii. 175 The men weare a long coate to the knee, and upon it a long gowne with gathered sleeves. 1823Scott Quentin D. xii, Louis..sent, from under his gathered and gloomy eyebrows, a keen look on all around. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework s.v. Gathering, The gathered portion of material. 1894Daily News 16 June 6/3 A white cloth skirt is made with a gathered vest to match.
3. Affected with a ‘gathering’ or purulent sore.
1894Times (weekly ed.) 26 Jan. 79/3 In his opinion the boy's debilitated condition through a gathered finger had contributed to his death. |