Glean (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gleaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gleaning.] [OE. glenen, OF. glener, glaner, F. glaner, fr. LL. glenare; cf. W. glan clean, glanh�u to clean, purify, or AS. gelm, gilm, a hand�ul.]
1. To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering.
To glean the broken ears after the man
That the main harvest reaps. Shak.
2. To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
3. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.
Content to glean what we can from... experiments. Locke.