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▪ I. collecting, vbl. n.|kəˈlɛktɪŋ|
[f. collect v. + -ing1.]
a. The action of the verb collect. Sometimes concr. in pl., the results or proceeds of the action: cf. gatherings, gleanings.
1706Hearne Collect. 8 Mar. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) I. 201 Mr. Dodsworth..spent his whole Life time in Collecting. 1881Nature 293 Baskets..to carry their collectings home.
b. attrib. and Comb. collecting box, (a) a box in which scientific specimens collected in the field are temporarily placed; (b) a box for the collection of contributions of money; collecting card, a card authorizing the holder to collect money for a charity; collecting station (see quot. 1900).
1857C. Kingsley Two Years Ago II. v. 142 You found out the best cure for that malady when you took up the microscope and the collecting-box. 1862J. H. Wilson Prince Consort iv. 37 All contributed their ‘weekly offering’ as the elder placed his ladle, or collecting-box before them. 1863Kingsley Water-bab. viii. (1886) 343 Pockets full of collecting boxes, bottles, etc. 1908Westm. Gaz. 16 Nov. 2/3 The penny..was taken from a collecting-box which the woman had obtained from Chelsea Hospital.
1876C. M. Yonge Three Brides I. vii. 110 The Vicar..read the list of subscriptions already promised.. invited ladies to take collecting cards. 1902Little Folks II. 189/2 Collecting cards for the Ward Fund can be obtained.
1900Westm. Gaz. 2 Jan. 3/2 At the collecting station..the wounded are collected as brought in by the stretcher-bearers, and are sent to the ‘dressing station’ in ambulances. 1915Daily Express 5 July 6/3 He was received at a collecting station, obtained first aid for his wound, and was forwarded to the field hospital.
▪ II. coˈllecting, ppl. a.
That collects.
1812Examiner 23 Nov. 751/2 His Collecting Clerk had embezzled 18l. 1886Pall Mall G. 23 Nov. 8/2 The proposal is to lay a collecting sewer along the river bank. |