Noah Webster
Gathering
GATH'ERING, participle present tense Collecting; assembling; drawing together; plaiting; wrinkling.
GATH'ERING, noun The act of collecting or assembling.
1. Collection; a crowd; an assembly.
2. Charitable contribution. 1 Corinthians 16:2.
3. A tumor suppurated or maturated; a collection of pus; an abscess.