Gath"er*ing, n. 1. The act of collecting or bringing together.
2. That which is gathered, collected, or brought together; as: (a) A
crowd; an assembly; a congregation. (b) A charitable contribution; a
collection. (c) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
Gath"er*ing, a. Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or
concentrating.
Gathering board (Bookbinding), a table or board on which signatures are
gathered or assembled, to form a book. Knight. -- Gathering coal, a
lighted coal left smothered in embers over night, about which kindling
wood is gathered in the morning. -- Gathering hoop, a hoop used by
coopers to draw together the ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops
to be slipped over them. -- Gathering peat. (a) A piece of peat used as
a gathering coal, to preserve a fire. (b) In Scotland, a fiery peat
which was sent round by the Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery
cross was by the Highlanders.
Gat"ling gun` (&?;). [From the inventor, R.J. Gatling.] An American
machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved
by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired.
The improved Gatling gun can be fired at the rate of 1,200 shots per
minute. Farrow.
Gat"ten tree` (?). [Cf. Prov. E. gatter bush.] (Bot.) A name given to
the small trees called guelder- rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus
sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus EuropÊus).
Gat"-toothed` (?), a. [OE. gat goat + tooth. See Goat the animal.]
Goat-toothed; having a lickerish tooth; lustful; wanton. [Obs.]
||Gauche (gsh), n. [F.] 1. Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy.
2. (Geom.) Winding; twisted; warped; - - applied to curves and
surfaces.
||Gauche`rie" (?), n. [F.] An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness.
||Gau"cho (gou"ch), n., pl. Gauchos (-chz) [Sp.] One of the native
||inhabitants of the pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live
||mostly by rearing cattle.
Gaud (?), n. [OE. gaude jest, trick, gaudi bead of a rosary, fr. L.
gaudium joy, gladness. See Joy.] 1. Trick; jest; sport. [Obs.] Chaucer.