That which is gathered or amassed; a collection or accumulation, A suppurated swelling; a boil or abscess, A crowd; an assembly; specifically, a concourse of spectators or participants for some purpose of common interest, adjective_ a lighted coal left smothered in embers over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the morning, verb_ present continuous of gather; collecting or bringing together

To collect from different places; assemble, To draw (something or someone) closer to oneself, To accumulate (something) gradually; amass, noun_ A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker, A slight forward inclination of the axle-spindle of a carriage, to insure the even running of the wheel, Something gathered, especially