gathered, ppl. a.
(ˈgæðəd)
[f. gather v. + -ed1.]
1. Collected, brought together; culled, picked.
| 1388 Wyclif Isa. lvii. 13 Whanne thou schalt crie thi gederid tresours delyuere thee. c 1586 C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxviii. vii, Captyves store thou hast led up with thee, Whose gathered spoiles to men thou wilt impart. 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 608 The gathered grapes must be left in the ground at the least for a day or two. 1693 Dryden Ovid's Met. i. 309 About his lips the gather'd foam he churns. 1715 Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) I. 4 All dug Stones are better..than gather'd ones. 1816 Byron Siege Cor. xxxiii, The jackal's troop, in gather'd cry, Bay'd from afar complainingly. 1871 C. E. Mudie Stray Leaves (1872) 12 How can I, Lord, withhold Life's brightest hour From Thee; or gathered gold. |
b. Of a single flower: Culled, plucked.
| 1588 Shakes. Tit. A. iii. i. 113 Then fresh teares Stood on her cheekes, as doth the hony dew Vpon a gathred Lillie almost withered. |
2. Contracted, drawn together (esp. of dress).
| 1601 R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 26 One thousand Irishmen, all naked save their mantels and their thicke gathered shirts. 1617 Moryson Itin. iii. 175 The men weare a long coate to the knee, and upon it a long gowne with gathered sleeves. 1823 Scott Quentin D. xii, Louis..sent, from under his gathered and gloomy eyebrows, a keen look on all around. 1882 Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework s.v. Gathering, The gathered portion of material. 1894 Daily News 16 June 6/3 A white cloth skirt is made with a gathered vest to match. |
3. Affected with a ‘gathering’ or purulent sore.
| 1894 Times (weekly ed.) 26 Jan. 79/3 In his opinion the boy's debilitated condition through a gathered finger had contributed to his death. |