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A female ancestor.

o convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally. [Scot.] Jamieson. Within that circle he forgathered with many a fool. Wilson.

A wagonload; a load of any sort. [Obs.] Of dung full many a fother. Chaucer.

In Germany and Austria, a baron.

One who furbishes; esp., a sword cutler, who finishes sword blades and similar weapons.

One who supplies or fits out.

To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther. Carries us, I know not how much further, into familiar company. M. Arnold. They sdvanced us far as Eleusis and Thria; but no further. Jowett (Thucyd. ). Further off, not so near; apart by a greater distance.

The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress. I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furthersnce and joy of faith. Phil. i. 25. Built of furtherance and pursuing, Not of spent deeds, but of doing. Emerson.

One who furthers. or helps to advance; a promoter. Shak.

or conj. Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been said.

Most remote; furthest.

Tending to further, advance, or promote; helpful; advantageous. [R.] You will not find it furthersome. Carlyle.

One who, or that which, garnishes.

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate. And Belgium's capital had gathered them Her beauty and her chivalry. Byron. When he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together. Matt. ii. 4.…

Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises. [R.] Godwin.

One who gathers or collects.

The act of collecting or bringing together.

An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness.

vergreen foliage, and, often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green (Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited salal of Northwestern America (Gaultheria Shallon).

One versed in geography.