emptingn.

Brit.

/ˈɛm(p)tɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɛm(p)tɪŋ/

Forms: late Middle English emtynge, 1500s– empting, 1700s– emptin, 1900s– emptain (U.S. regional).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: empt v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < empt v. + -ing suffix¹.With sense 2 compare emptying n. 2b and see discussion at that entry.

1. = emptying n. 1.Later examples may be errors for emptying.

ΘΚΠ

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

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 139 Emtynge, or a-voydynge.

1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde iii. f. 24^v What meates and drynkes hee hath vsed, what exercyse, he hath practised, what filling, what empting, what sleape, what watch, hee hath sustained.

1650 Andrewes's Pattern Catechistical Doctr. (new ed.) ii. vii. 215 The empting of ones self is..to lay a side all titles of honour.

1722 J. Covel Some Acct. Greek Church ii. i. 232 We may Commute the Torments and the pangs of the Soul for a little Mortifying and Chastising of the Body, or for empting of the Purse.

1868 G. Rose Mrs. Brown's Visits to Paris (1880) 115 A great big hulkin' lookin' chap not thirty, as 'ad a nasty 'abit of larfin' without a emptin' of 'is mouth fust.

1880 Trans. Med. Assoc. Georgia 78 I determined to secure the empting of the bladder by allowing the urine to drip by the instrument during the night.

1912 Tailor Dec. 4/2 An empting of the purse to shrewd schemers bent on making the goose lay a golden egg for them.

2005 A. Rolls in A. Rolls & E. Rechniewski Sartre's Nausea 198 As has been mentioned, the reading room of the library empties to the rhythm of the empting of the text.

2. U.S. In plural, esp. in form emptins.

a. A type of yeast deriving from the process of fermentation, typically used in baking. More generally: yeast of any type; a preparation containing yeast or another raising agent (cf. starter n. 12c). Cf. emptying n. 2b. Now chiefly historical.

ΚΠ

1650 Salem (Mass.) Q. Court Recs. in Essex Antiquarian (1903) VII. 28 Elizabeth Pinion,..having come into the house to borrow some emptings, Tobiah took her and threw her [etc.].

1796 A. Simmons Amer. Cookery 38 Butter biscuit. One pint each milk and emptins, laid into flour, in sponge.

1840 Lady's Ann. Reg. 80 Milk emptings are made quicker than any other. A pint of new milk, with a tea-spoonful of salt, and a large spoonful of flour stirred in, set by the fire to keep lukewarm, will make emptings fit for use in an hour.

1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ix. 131 'T will take more emptins..than this noo party's gut, To give sech heavy cakes ez them a start.

1889 R. T. Cooke Steadfast vi. 74 Everybody wanted some of her ‘empt'ins’ to set their own.

1921 F. B. Anderson Off-islander ii. viii. 183 Might 'a been short o' yeast-cakes. But we could 'a gone back to empt'ins!

1963 H. L. S. Arnow Flowering of Cumberland viii. 217 The wild yeast the housewife encouraged in her pot of emptins ruined fresh milk.

1995 M. F. MacDonald Whistler's Mother's Cook Bk. (ed. 2) 54 Emptins were generally not as strong as the yeast we buy today, and consequently some of the richer doughs needed longer to rise.

b. to run (to) emptins and variants: to be reduced to using the poorest quality of material, people, etc.; to reach the worst part. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1826 New-Hampsh. Statesman & Concord Reg. 25 Mar. Administration ‘editors and printers’ must truly be running emptings if Noah and Hill are ‘among the best of all the batch’.

1847 W. G. Hammond Diary 9 July in Remembrance of Amherst (1946) 141 A young lady of most evident domestic manufacture, and gentleman of similar cut, were tête-à-tête in one corner: and whatever their conversation may have been before I entered, it most plainly ‘ran emptins’ afterward.

1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum 282 Runs a good deal to emptins in his preachin' though, they say.

1901 J. W. De Forest Downing Legends 195 An' when creation runs to emptins' When all the tribes of men an' sperrits Are jedged accordin' to their merits, You'll see yourselves as high as any, If Downing's word is worth a penny.

1922 Amer. Sheep Breeder Oct. 481/2 Sam thought he had run emptins, as our good old mother used to say, but we thought different and have persuaded him to write more.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	empting
释义	emptingn. Brit. /ˈɛm(p)tɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɛm(p)tɪŋ/ Forms: late Middle English emtynge, 1500s– empting, 1700s– emptin, 1900s– emptain (U.S. regional). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: empt v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < empt v. + -ing suffix¹.With sense 2 compare emptying n. 2b and see discussion at that entry. 1. = emptying n. 1.Later examples may be errors for emptying. ΘΚΠ 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 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 139 Emtynge, or a-voydynge. 1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde iii. f. 24^v What meates and drynkes hee hath vsed, what exercyse, he hath practised, what filling, what empting, what sleape, what watch, hee hath sustained. 1650 Andrewes's Pattern Catechistical Doctr. (new ed.) ii. vii. 215 The empting of ones self is..to lay a side all titles of honour. 1722 J. Covel Some Acct. Greek Church ii. i. 232 We may Commute the Torments and the pangs of the Soul for a little Mortifying and Chastising of the Body, or for empting of the Purse. 1868 G. Rose Mrs. Brown's Visits to Paris (1880) 115 A great big hulkin' lookin' chap not thirty, as 'ad a nasty 'abit of larfin' without a emptin' of 'is mouth fust. 1880 Trans. Med. Assoc. Georgia 78 I determined to secure the empting of the bladder by allowing the urine to drip by the instrument during the night. 1912 Tailor Dec. 4/2 An empting of the purse to shrewd schemers bent on making the goose lay a golden egg for them. 2005 A. Rolls in A. Rolls & E. Rechniewski Sartre's Nausea 198 As has been mentioned, the reading room of the library empties to the rhythm of the empting of the text. 2. U.S. In plural, esp. in form emptins. a. A type of yeast deriving from the process of fermentation, typically used in baking. More generally: yeast of any type; a preparation containing yeast or another raising agent (cf. starter n. 12c). Cf. emptying n. 2b. Now chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1650 Salem (Mass.) Q. Court Recs. in Essex Antiquarian (1903) VII. 28 Elizabeth Pinion,..having come into the house to borrow some emptings, Tobiah took her and threw her [etc.]. 1796 A. Simmons Amer. Cookery 38 Butter biscuit. One pint each milk and emptins, laid into flour, in sponge. 1840 Lady's Ann. Reg. 80 Milk emptings are made quicker than any other. A pint of new milk, with a tea-spoonful of salt, and a large spoonful of flour stirred in, set by the fire to keep lukewarm, will make emptings fit for use in an hour. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ix. 131 'T will take more emptins..than this noo party's gut, To give sech heavy cakes ez them a start. 1889 R. T. Cooke Steadfast vi. 74 Everybody wanted some of her ‘empt'ins’ to set their own. 1921 F. B. Anderson Off-islander ii. viii. 183 Might 'a been short o' yeast-cakes. But we could 'a gone back to empt'ins! 1963 H. L. S. Arnow Flowering of Cumberland viii. 217 The wild yeast the housewife encouraged in her pot of emptins ruined fresh milk. 1995 M. F. MacDonald Whistler's Mother's Cook Bk. (ed. 2) 54 Emptins were generally not as strong as the yeast we buy today, and consequently some of the richer doughs needed longer to rise. b. to run (to) emptins and variants: to be reduced to using the poorest quality of material, people, etc.; to reach the worst part. Now rare. ΚΠ 1826 New-Hampsh. Statesman & Concord Reg. 25 Mar. Administration ‘editors and printers’ must truly be running emptings if Noah and Hill are ‘among the best of all the batch’. 1847 W. G. Hammond Diary 9 July in Remembrance of Amherst (1946) 141 A young lady of most evident domestic manufacture, and gentleman of similar cut, were tête-à-tête in one corner: and whatever their conversation may have been before I entered, it most plainly ‘ran emptins’ afterward. 1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum 282 Runs a good deal to emptins in his preachin' though, they say. 1901 J. W. De Forest Downing Legends 195 An' when creation runs to emptins' When all the tribes of men an' sperrits Are jedged accordin' to their merits, You'll see yourselves as high as any, If Downing's word is worth a penny. 1922 Amer. Sheep Breeder Oct. 481/2 Sam thought he had run emptins, as our good old mother used to say, but we thought different and have persuaded him to write more. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1440
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