† empteningn.
Obsolete. rare.
= emptying n.
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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > emptiness > emptying
avoidancea1398
voidance1398
voidingc1435
empting1440
teeming?1468
emptying1552
emptening1561
evacuation1593
evacuating1594
exinanition1603
depletion1656
exhaustion1796
1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 20v Great voyding and emptening of the body is, etc.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1561- to make a tit out of
- to make a tit out of someone
- to make a to make signs
- to make a tomfool of
- to make a touch
- to make a traverse
- to make a true deliverance
- to make a tsimmes
- to make a tsimmes about
- to make a tsimmes etc
- to keep in shape
- to keep in stipend
- to keep in suspense
- to keep in the dark
- to keep in the dark about
- to keep in the dark as to
- to keep in the dark etc
- to keep in the family
- to keep in the pin
- to keep in touch
- to keep in view
- to keep it in the family
- to keep it real
- to keep kosher
- to keep larum