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 gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.-to collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.-to gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.-to pick up or gather anything by degrees.-a collection made by gleaning.-cleaning; afterbirth.