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Topic: CROPS

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: glener, from Late Latin glennare

glean

 verb
     
glean
1 [transitive] to find out information slowly and with difficulty
glean something from somebody/something
Additional information was gleaned from other sources.
2 [intransitive and transitive]TAC to collect grain that has been left behind after the crops have been cut
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