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▪ I. exhausting, vbl. n.|ɛgˈzɔːstɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. exhaust in its various senses; an instance of this. Also attrib.
1539Tonstall Serm. Palm. Sund. (1823) 66 Sucke out of this realme..innumerable sommes of money yerelye, to the great exhausting of the same. 1764Burn Poor Laws 153 The populousness of the kingdom still increaseth, notwithstanding its great exhaustings by wars, and plagues. 1827Farey Steam Engine 448 The steam..must be evacuated from it, through one or other of the two exhausting valves. 1831Lardner Pneumat. v. 280 The most simple form of instrument for producing the rarefaction of air is that which is called the exhausting syringe. 1853Pract. Mech. Jrnl. VI. 209 (title of article) Blowing and exhausting fans. 1887Daily News 11 Nov. 3/6 Exhausting nozzles are used as well as injecting ones, so that while fresh air is supplied foul air can be removed.
▪ II. eˈxhausting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That exhausts; chiefly, that exhausts the strength; wearying, tiring, enfeebling.
18..J. M. Good System Med. (L.), A series of exhausting paroxysms succeeds. 1847Emerson Repr. Men, Plato Wks. (Bohn) I. 289 The misfortune..of coming after this exhausting generalizer. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 297 A mighty effort..it was but too exhausting to be repeated. 1858O. W. Holmes Aut. Breakf.-t. i, There are men of esprit who are excessively exhausting to some people. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xi. 71 The exhausting journey over the boulders and debris.
Hence eˈxhaustingly adv., in an exhausting manner, so as to exhaust or tire out.
1882Buxton in 19th Cent. Nov. 791 The matter..was exhaustively (some might say exhaustingly) discussed. |