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▪ I. † ˈspurging, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. spurge v.1]
1. The action on the part of ale, wine, etc., of throwing off impurities by fermenting; fermentation. Obs.
c1440Promp. Parv. 470/1 Sporgynge, of ale or wyne spumacio. 1502Arnolde Chron. (1811) 85 By cause such ale and biere hathe taken wynde in spurgyng. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. (1586) 28 b, That whiche commeth of the spurging, is kept both for brewing and baking. 1601Holland Pliny II. 153 The liquor of wine gets all the force and strength that it hath by working, spurging, and seething..in the lees while it is Must. 1720Strype Stow's Surv. v. xi. (1754) II 289/1 Such [vessels] as were carried in drays..would be reason of spurging and working in the Carriage want near a gallon in every barrel.
2. Purgation, purging; matter purged out or exuded. rare.
a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 50 b, Without any dreuelyng or spurgyng in any place of his body. 1609B. Jonson Masque of Queens Wks. (1640) 166 The spurgings of a dead⁓mans eyes.
▪ II. † ˈspurging, ppl. a. Obs. rare.
[f. spurge v.1]
1. Fermenting, spuming.
1566W. Adlington Apuleius 44 The Goddesse whom..the froth of the spurging waves had nourished. 1570Googe Popish Kingd. iii. 38 b, Saint Vrban makes the pleasant wine, and doth preserue it still, And spourging vessels all with Must continually doth fill.
2. Purging; purgative.
1632Brome Crt. Beggar iv. ii, The Devill fright him next for a spurging skitterbrooke. a1652― Queenes Exch. v. i, You do not remember How I behav'd my self upon the eating of Spurging Comfects. |