GLEANING

or LEASING, the ancient custom which permits the poor to gather up the leavings of the harvest after the reaper has finished his work. The grant of this right was commanded in the Mosaic law (Lev. XIX. 9, 10), and in this country came, by long usage and tradition, to be regarded almost as a legal obligation. 1901), American inventor; b. in West more land, N. H; d. in New York. He received only a common school education and turned his attention to inventions, especially of gas lights. He devised different gas burners, the most notable being the argand with a switch to control the flame