单词 | emptying |
释义 | emptyingn. 1. The action of empty v. (in various senses). Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > [noun] > action of excreting sheddingc1200 flux1377 outputtinga1387 purgationa1387 avoidancea1398 voidance1398 evacuation?1533 spurging1548 emptying1552 vacuation1583 emunction1601 regurgitation1601 vacation1617 excretion1640 egestion1644 weeping1655 elimination1665 despumation1684 excreting1849 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 1552 J. Caius Bk. against Sweatyng Sicknesse f. 26 Aftre diete and ayer followethe filling or emptieng. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. lxv. 162 Vomiting..purgation.., or also other familiar, & accustomed emptyings. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 69 Intemperance..hath beene Th' vntimely emptying of the happy Throne. View more context for this quotation 1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours 297 Bloud-letting..is..called the emptying of the vessels. 1705 B. Kennett Brief Expos. Apostles Creed ii. 46 The Apostle visibly makes this Exinanition, or emptying of himself, antecedent to the great Act of Humiliation. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Vacuation, an emptying. 1797 Crit. Rev. Nov. 317 We are threatened with a deluge of letters, and the emptying of his portfolio. 1859 F. W. Farrar Julian Home vii. 94 Slovenly servants employed in the emptying of wine-glasses and the ligurrition of dishes. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 969 The drawing or emptying of ‘stoves’ is regarded as the most dangerous part of white-lead making. 1914 A. M. Butler Househ. Physics 333 One or two emptyings of the dipper will bring the water level in the pan to a safe point. 1951 N. Monsarrat Cruel Sea (1953) v. iv. 399 The emptying of the dust-bins by the guard-corvette seemed just as important. 2008 Daily Tel. 8 Sept. 13/1 Exenatide is a protein which slows down the emptying of the stomach and controls sugar in the blood. 2. concrete. a. That which has been emptied out of any container, vessel, etc.; the evacuated contents of something; esp. discarded waste or refuse. Usually in plural. ΚΠ 1591 G. B. A. F. tr. Discouery Subtiltie & Wisedome Italians vii. 9 Filling their purses with the emptyings of others. 1594 2nd Rep. Dr. Faustus xviii. sig. H And al the way as they went, such egs, such chamber pots emptyings, such excrements, odoure, water, &c. were throwne downe on their heads. 1785 T. Stone Ess. Agric. 28 The maiden earth found under hedges, or the emptyings of ditches is more or less to be procured upon every farm. 1813 R. Southey Life Nelson II. 36 Galley slaves, the emptying of the jails, and banditti. 1835 N. Webster Instructive & Entertaining Lessons for Youth lxiv. 199 That meanness, that infernal knavery, which multiplies needless litigations,..to glean the last emptyings of a client's pocket. 1899 Country Life Illustr. 1 Apr. 416/1 An old woman..always gave them the emptyings of the teapot. 1918 W. A. Stone Tale of Plain Man (ed. 2) xxxiv. 222 The emptyings from the tannery polluted the water and made it unfit for his cattle to drink. 1984 R. Jordan Conan the Magnificent v. 78 Baratses' wail cut off as he landed with a squelch in equal parts of mud, offal and the emptyings of chamber pots. 2005 S. Campbell Hist. Kitchen Gardening ix. 143/2 An astonishingly similar variety of compostable matter, beginning with all kinds of excrement, including nightsoil, sewage sludge and the emptyings of cess pits and privies. b. In plural. Chiefly U.S. = empting n. 2a. Now rare.See note in etymology section on pronunciation in this sense. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > leaven or yeast barmc1000 yeastc1000 sourdough1303 leaven1340 fermentc1420 God's good1469 quickening1573 rising1594 sizzing1594 leavening1626 kneading1638 emptying1650 yeast-cake1795 hametz1891 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 23 A few Brewers emptyings. 1811 S. Bard Guide for Young Shepherds iv. 91 What I have frequently found a mild and gentle evacuant for sheep, give a large table spoon full of molasses, mixed with one or two of yeast or emptyings. 1860 R. W. Emerson Power in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 53 If we will make bread, we must have..yeast, emptyings. 1892 Printers' Ink 20 July 64/2 Baking powder is advertised everywhere; but many families never use it, preferring the old-fashioned yeast or ‘emptyings’ with which New Englanders are so familiar. 1914 R. B. Brownlee et al. Chem. of Common Things xxiii. 271 After some hours, this batter, called ‘emptyings’ starts to ferment and carbon dioxide is produced. 1971 E. Myrick in R. Wiggin & L. Shibles All-Maine Cooking (new ed.) 94 Use ‘emptyings’ enough to make a fairly soft dough. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1552 |
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