Search the Dictionary

That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Joel iii. 13. To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. Shak.

The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself. Dryden.

One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.

A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only.

ucing offspring different in habit and structure from itself, the original form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; -- opposed to homogenesis, or gamogenesis.

A reaping hook. Knight.

ic drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. -- Leading note (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note. -- Lea…

Fig.: The state of being occult. The reappearance of such an author after those long periods of occultation. Jeffrey. Circle of perpetual occultation. See under Circle.

aid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed. The reaping was piecework, at so much per acre. R. Jefferies.

nty; abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as, a plenteous supply. "Reaping plenteous crop." Milton.

oney anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain.

Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain. So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap. Milton.

A gratuity given to tenants after they had reaped their lord's corn. [Obs.]

A reaping machine containing mechanism for binding the grain into sheaves.

s and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. The reaper fills his greedy hands, And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands. Dryden.

To reap, as grain. [Scot.] Jamieson.

A reaper. [Scot.] Jamieson.

The act or operation of reaping. [Scot.]

To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping.

To be occupied with making shocks. Reap well, scatter not, gather clean that is shorn, Bind fast, shock apace. Tusser.