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of Durham, on the fouth fide of the Tyne, eppofite to 
Newcallle, to which it appears like afuburb ; celebrated 
for its grindftones, which, under the name of Newcallle, 
•are exported to all parts of the world. 
GA'TEVEIN, f. The great vein wliich conveys the 
blood to the liver. Bacon. 
GA'TEWAY, yi A way through gates of inclofed 
grounds.— Gateways between inclofures are fo miry, that 
they cannot cart between one field and another. Mortimer. 
GATH, a city of the Philillines, and the capital of 
the lordlhip of the Gittites: here part of the Anakims, 
the ancient terror of the Ifraelites, retreated after their 
e.xpulfion from Canaan by Jolhua; and here the ark of 
God was carried in triumph during its captivity in this 
country, to the great terror and dellruclion of its inha¬ 
bitants, Gath was fettled as a frontier town of Philiilia, 
on tlte borders of Ifrael, in the days_of Samuel; and in 
the reign of Saul king of Ifrael, Goliath, a man of gi¬ 
gantic llature, and a native of this place, openly defied 
the armies of Ilfael, and was overcome by David, who 
in this gained a fignal vidlory for Ifrael; for the Philif- 
tines, finding their champion defeated, immediately fled, 
and were purfued by the Ifraelites with great flaughter, 
to the gates of Ekron and of this city. Here David af¬ 
terwards fled to avoid the fury of Saul; and we are in¬ 
formed that fix hundred Gittites followed David from 
this place, who remained attached to his interell even 
during the rebellion of Abfalom, After this, in the 
wars of David with the Philillines, Gath and its depend¬ 
encies furrendered to him; and in a fubfequent battle, 
near this place, the race of Goliath was totally extir¬ 
pated, and Gath very probably rendered of no cohfe- 
quence, as nothing more occurs refpedling it till Reho- 
boam-s reign, who is faid to have built or rebuilt and 
fortified this city, with many others, for the defence of 
his kingdom. It was taken from Judah by Hazael king 
ot Syria in tlte reign of Joalh; and we again find it 
polfelfed by the Philillines in the reign of Uzzah, who, 
in his wars with them, dellroyed the wall of Gath. 
See Jolh. xi. 21. xiii. 3. i Sam. v. 8. vii. 14. xvii. xxvii. 
3 Sam. XV. 18, &c. 2 Kings, xii. 17. i Chron. xviii. 1. 
XX. 4, &CC. 2 Chron. xi. 8. xxvi. 6. 
GATH-HE'PHER, a city of Palelline, the birth-place 
of the prophet Jonah. 1 Kings, xiv. 35. 
GATH-RIM'MON, a city of Palelline, fituated in 
the tribe of Dan ; and one of the cities of the Levites of 
the family of Kohatli. Jolli. xix. 45. and xxi. 24. Alfo 
the name of another city of Palelline, fituated in the half 
tribe of Manalfeh well of Jordan, and one of the cities 
of the Levites of the family of Kohath. Jolh. xxi. 25. 
To GATH'ER, v. a. [gabejran. Sax.] To colletl; 
to bring into one place.— Gather Itones—and they took 
Hones and made an heap. Gen. —To get in harvell.— 
The feventh year we lhall not fow, nor gather in our in- 
creafe. Lev. xxv. 20.—To pick up ; to glean.—Call up 
the highw'ay, gather out the Hones. If. Ixii. 10.—To 
crop; to pluck; 
What have I done ? 
To fee my youth, my beauty, and my love. 
No looner gain’d, but flighted and betray’d ; 
And like a role jiill gather'd from the llalk. 
But only fmelt, and cheaply thrown alide, 
'J'o wither on tlie ground ! Dryden. 
To aflemble.—They have gathered themfelves together 
againfi: me. Job. —To heap up ; to accumulate.—He that 
by ufury and unjull gain increafeth his fubllance, fliall 
gather it for him that will pity the poor. Proverbs. —To 
Teledt and take.—Save us, O Lord, and gather us from 
among the heathen, 10 give tlianks unto thy holy name. 
Pf. cvi. 47.— To fweep together.—The kingdom of hea¬ 
ven is like unto a net that was call into the lea, and 
gathered of every kind. Mat. xiii. 47.—To colledl chari¬ 
table contributions. To bring into one bodyj or inte- 
rcll.—I will gatlier others to him, befides thofe that are 
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gathered urtto him. If. Ivi. 8.—To draw togert#r from a 
llate of difftifion ; to comprefs ; to contract; 
Immortal Tully Ihone, 
The Roman rollra deck’d the conful’s throne ; 
Gath'ring his flowing robe he feem’d to Hand, 
In adl to fpeak, and graceful llretch’d his hand. Pope, 
To gain: 
He gathers ground upon her in the chace ; 
Now breathes upon her hair with nearer pace. Dryden. 
To colledl logically; to know by inference.—-From this 
dodlrine of the increaling and lelfening of fin in this re- 
fpedl, we \v.z.y gather, that all fins are not alike and equal, 
as tlie Holes of ancient times, and their followers, have 
falfely imagined. Perkins. 
Return’d 
By night, lillening where the haplefs pair 
Sat in their fad difeourfe, and various plaint, 
Thencehis own doom. Milton. 
To pucker or draw together in needlework. 
Ta Gather Breai/i. [A proverbial exprelTion.] To 
have refpite from any calamity ; 
The lucklefs lucky maid 
A long time with that favage people ftaid, 
To gather breath, in many miferies. Spenfer. 
To GATH'ER, v. n. To be condenfed ; to thicken ; 
When the rival winds their quarrel try. 
South, Eall, and WeH, on airy courfers borne. 
The whirlwind and the woods are torn. Dryden. 
To grow larger by the accretion of fimilar matter.—■ 
Their fnow-ball did not gather as it went; for the people 
came in to them. Bacon. —To aflemble.—There be three 
things that mine heart feareth : the Hander of a city, the 
gathering together of an unruly multitude, and a falfe 
accufation. Led. xxvi. 5.—To generate ptis or matter. 
—Aflc one, who by repeated rellraints hath fubdued his 
natural rage, how he likes the change, and he will tell 
you ’tis no lefs happy than the eafe of a broken impoH- 
hume after the painful gathering and filling of it. Decay 
of Piety . 
GATH'ER, f. Pucker; cloth drawn together in 
wrinkles: 
Give laws for pantaloons. 
The length of breecltes, and ihc gathers. 
Part cannons, periwigs, and feathers. Hudibras. 
GATH'ER-B AG, y. With hunters, the membrane 
inclofing a red deer in the hind’s belly. Phillips. 
GATH'ERER,yi One that gathers; one that col- 
lefts ; a colleftor.—I will fpend this preface about thofe 
from whom I have gathered my knowledge; for I am 
but a gatherer and dilpofer of other men’s Huff. Wotton. 
—One that gets in a crop of any kind.—I was a herd- 
man and a gatherer of fyeamore fruit. Amos. 
Nor in that land 
Do poifonous herbs deceive t\-\t gatherer's hand. May. 
GATH'ERING, y Collcftion of charitable contri¬ 
butions.—Let every one lay by him in llore, that there 
be no gatherings when I come, i Cor. xvi. 2. 
GATINOI'S, or Gastinois, before the revolution, 
a province of France, which had in the fteventh cen¬ 
tury counts of its own; it was afterwards joined to An¬ 
jou. Of late years, it has partly belonged to the go¬ 
vernment of Orleans, and partly to the government of 
the Ifle of France, and diHinguilhed by the names of 
Gatinois-Orleanois and Gatinois-Franfois. It now forms part 
of the departments of the Seine and Marne, Seine and 
Oile, and Loiret. 
GALSCH, a town and caHle of Hungary: twelve 
miles eall of Korpona. „ rr- 
GATT, a Hrait pf the fea, between the hnch-Haft 
and the German Ocean. . ^ r-a'TTrRM 
