vbl. sb. [f. EMPTY v. + -ING1.]

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  1.  The action of making empty.

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1605.  Shaks., Macb., IV. iii. 68. Intemperance … hath beene Th’ vntimely emptying of the happy Throne.

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1651.  Wittie, trans. Primrose’s Pop. Err., 297. Bloud-letting is … called the emptying of the vessels.

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  2.  concr. a. What is emptied out of any vessel; also fig. b. pl. Yeast (obs. exc. U.S. as an artificial spelling for emptins; see EMPTING).

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1650.  B., Discolliminium, 23. A few Brewers emptyings.

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1813.  Southey, Nelson, II. 36. Galley slaves, the emptying of the jails, and banditti.

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1860.  Emerson, Cond. Life, Power, Wks. (Bohn), II. 333. If we will make bread, we must have … yeast, emptyings.

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