单词 | after-gathering |
释义 | > as lemmasafter-gathering after-gathering n. Brit. , U.S. (a) fruit or crops gathered after the initial harvest, reaping, etc.; gleaning; an item of fruit or a crop so gathered; also figurative (now rare); (b) a social gathering which takes place after an event; an after-party.ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > gleaning gleaningc1440 after-gathering1530 leasing1534 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Lev. xxiii. f. xlii When ye repe doune youre haruest, thou shalt not make..any aftergatheringe of thy haruest: but shalt leue them vnto the poore and the straunger. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges viii. 2 Is not the after~gadderynge of Ephraim better then the whole haruest of Abieser? a1602 W. Perkins Godly & Learned Expos. Serm. in Mount (1608) 192 The husbandman must not gather his grapes cleane, nor yet his corne field, but leaue the after-gathering and gleaning for the poore. 1836 Farmer's Mag. Dec. 420/1 Were any enterprizing person to purchase the after-gatherings of the spoiled potatoes [etc.] 1900 J. E. Carpenter & G. Harford-Battersby Hexateuch I. App. 226/2 Forgotten sheaves in harvest, and the after-gathering of olive trees and vines to be left for the poor. 1906 Arbitrator June 9/2 At the after gathering in the Assembly Room, the delegates were welcomed by Mr. Barrow Cadbury. 2009 S. L. O'Shea Blue Life..Pink Heart 191 A part of this type training entailed going to peer group meetings, but also the after gatherings, which were unscheduled, informal social events. < as lemmas |
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