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Gleaning. The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet, 1857. Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest. It is a practice described in the Hebrew Bible that became a legally enforced entitlement of the poor in a ...
Gleaning (birds) African penduline-tit (Anthoscopus caroli) hanging from the end of a branch and gleaning. Gleaning is a feeding strategy by birds in which they catch invertebrate prey, mainly arthropods, by plucking them from foliage or the ground, from crevices such as rock faces and under the eaves of houses, or even, as in the case of ticks ...
A kenning (Old English kenning [cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution, an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech, used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English, and later Icelandic poetry. This list is not intended to be comprehensive. Kennings for a particular character are listed in that character ...
Athena[b] or Athene, [c] often given the epithet Pallas, [d] is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft [3] who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. [4] Athena was regarded as the patron and protectress of various cities across Greece, particularly the city of Athens, from which she most likely ...
Barchetta, literally "small boat" in Italian, is the diminutive form of barca ("boat" or "craft"). In the automotive industry, the term is used for a two-seat car without any kind of roof. The proper Italian pronunciation is [barˈketta], with a / k / rather than the / tʃ / sung by Geddy Lee. [4] Neil Peart's favorite car was the 1948 Ferrari ...
Sunrise. Sunrise seen over the Atlantic Ocean through cirrus clouds on the Jersey Shore at Spring Lake, New Jersey, U.S. Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning. [1] The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon.
Gleam (programming language) "The Gleam", a 1942 comic strip story that first gave the full name of Minnie Mouse. Global LGBTQIA+ Employee & Allies at Microsoft. Samsung Gleam, or Samsung SCH-U700, a mobile phone. A Gleam (foaled 1949), an American Thoroughbred racehorse. A Gleam Invitational Handicap (1979-2013), a U.S. horserace.
Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that lead to damage of the optic nerve, which transmits visual information from the eye to the brain. Glaucoma may cause vision loss if left untreated. It has been called the "silent thief of sight" because the loss of vision usually occurs slowly over a long period of time. [5]