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(1):

(v. t.) 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.

(2):

(n.) Cleaning; afterbirth.

(3):

(v. t.) To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.

(4):

(v. t.) To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.

(5):

(v. i.) To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.

(6):

(v. i.) To pick up or gather anything by degrees.

(7):

(n.) A collection made by gleaning.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lean'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/lean.html. 1828.
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