collectingn.
/kəˈlɛktɪŋ/ The action of collect v. Sometimes concrete in plural, the results or proceeds of the action: cf. gatherings (gathering n. 5), gleanings.
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the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > collecting and storing > collecting curiosities, etc.
collecting1706
collectorship1870
1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 8 Mar. (1885) I. 201 Mr. Dodsworth..spent his whole Life time in Collecting.
1881 Nature 293 Baskets..to carry their collectings home.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations.
collecting box n. (a) a box in which scientific specimens collected in the field are temporarily placed; (b) a box for the collection of contributions of money.
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > apparatus > [noun] > for storing or containing
boat1847
collecting box1857
moist chamber1869
Pasteur flask1869
plate1886
Petri dish1892
Pasteur pipette1899
Stender dish1900
straw1966
tissue-bank1968
society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > collection box > [noun]
offertory boxa1425
rood-board1556
platea1784
ladle1813
collecting box1857
1857 C. 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.
1862 J. H. Wilson Prince Consort iv. 37 All contributed their ‘weekly offering’ as the elder placed his ladle, or collecting-box before them.
1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies viii. 307 Pockets, full of collecting boxes, bottles [etc.].
1899 Westm. Gaz. 28 Aug. 7/1 ‘Jack's’ collecting-box was once again strapped on his back.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 16 Nov. 2/3 The penny..was taken from a collecting-box which the woman had obtained from Chelsea Hospital.
collecting card n. a card authorizing the holder to collect money for a charity.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > card authorizing charity collection
collecting card1876
1876 C. M. Yonge Three Brides I. vii. 110 The Vicar..read the list of subscriptions already promised.. invited ladies to take collecting cards.
1902 Little Folks II. 189/2 Collecting cards for the Ward Fund can be obtained.
collecting station n. (see quot. 1900).
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the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > military or field hospital > collecting station
collecting station1900
1900 Westm. 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.
1915 Daily 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
collectingadj.
That collects.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > gathering, collecting, or coming together > that gathers together
gathering?c1225
collecting1886
1812 Examiner 23 Nov. 751/2 His Collecting Clerk had embezzled 18l.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Nov. 8/2 The proposal is to lay a collecting sewer along the river bank.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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