gather

  1. Verb.  To collect; normally separate things.
  2. Verb.  To bring parts of a whole closer.
  3. Verb.  To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive, medicine) To be filled with pus.
  5. Verb.  (glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
  6. Noun.  A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
  7. Noun.  The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
  8. Noun.  The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
  9. Noun.  (context, glassblowing) A piece of molten glass colected on the end of a blowpipe.

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