Gate

gat, n. A pa age-way in the wall of a city, field, edifice, etc.; a movable barrier closing an opening in a fence or wall or placed acro a road; a frame stopping the pa age of water through a dam, lock, etc.; an avenue: means of entrance. [AS. geat, D. and Ic. gat, a gate, opening, Ic. and Sw. gut a, Dan. gade, Goth, gatwo, G. ga e, a street; xVS. git an, to get, arrive at, reach.] — Gate'-way, n. A pa age through a fence or wall; a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate hung. — Gait, gat, n. Walk; march; way; manner of walking or stepping. Gather, gatb/er, v. [-ERED(-erd),-ERiNG.] To bring together, collect, a emble; to harvest, pick, pluck; to ama in large quantity or numbers to make compact, consolidate to draw together (a piece of cloth, by a thread), pucker, plait to derive, as an inference; to infer, conclude. — v. To come together, congregate; to increase; to come to a head, as a sore; to draw an inference. — n. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing the thread through [AS. gsedrian, gaderian, to"gather, fr. gader, together, g d, society, company: D. gaderen, to collect, f gader, together.] — Gatb/erer, n. — Gathering, n. That gathered or brought together, as a crowd, a embly a tumor, suppurated or maturated; an absce .