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Gleaned
Glean Glean, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gleaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaning.] [OE. glenen, OF. glener, glaner, F. glaner, fr. LL. glenare; cf. W. glan clean, glanh?u to clean, purify, or AS. gelm, gilm, a hand?ul.] 1. 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 glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. --Shak. 2. To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left. 3. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain. Content to glean what we can from . . . experiments. --Locke.
Gleaner
Gleaner Glean"er, n. 1. One who gathers after reapers. 2. One who gathers slowly with labor. --Locke.

Meaning of Gleane from wikipedia

- Gleane, 1st Baronet (1619–1695) Sir Thomas Gleane, 2nd Baronet (c. 1650 – c. 1700) Sir Peter Gleane, 3rd Baronet (c. 1672 – c. 1735) Sir Peter Gleane...
- Thomas Gleane may refer to: Thomas Gleane of the Gleane baronets Thomas Gleane (MP), MP for Norwich (UK Parliament constituency) This disambiguation page...
- Peter Gleane, 3rd Baronet (c. 1672–c. 1735), of the Gleane baronets Sir Peter Gleane, 4th Baronet (c. 1696–1745), of the Gleane baronets Gleane (surname)...
- Sir Peter Gleane (1564–1633) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629. Gleane was the son of Thomas Gleane of Norwich...
- Preceded by William Denny Sir Thomas Hyrne Member of Parliament for Norwich 1626–1627 With: Sir Thomas Hyrne Succeeded by Sir Peter Gleane Robert Debney...
- twice, and that nine years had to elapse between the two periods of office. Gleane had already been twice mayor of Norwich, in 1583–84 and 1592–93. The validity...
- witness to the "Resignation by John MacRoger of Gleane MacKerne, in favour of John of Culquoune of Luss, of Gleane Mackecherne, etc. 7th February 1429". The...
- Sir Peter Gleane, 1st Baronet (c. 1619 – 7 February 1696) was a member of the East Anglian gentry and Member of the Parliament of England. He was baptised...
- Parliament of England Preceded by Sir John Hobart, Bt. Sir Peter Gleane, Bt. Member of Parliament for Norfolk 1685-1689 With: Sir Jacob Astley, Bt. Succeeded by...
- May 1679 – 25 Aug 1679 With: Sir John Hobart, Bt Succeeded by Sir Peter Gleane, 1st Baronet Sir John Hobart, Bt Preceded by William Paston Augustine Briggs...