vbl. sb. [f. as prec. + -ING1.] In senses of the verb. Also attrib.
1594. Plat, Jewell-ho., I. 27. The euacuating thereof [the vaine of earth].
1642. J. Eaton, Honey-c. Free Justif., 40. Christ appeared in the end of the world … to the abolishing, evacuating, or utter vanishing away of sinne.
1660. Boyle, New Exp. Phys.-Mech., xxiv. 188. Upon the evacuating of the Receiver.
1753. N. Torriano, Gangr. Sore Throat, Pref. 15. For one Patient … that dies by this Method, five will die by the evacuating Method.
1875. W. Houghton, Sk. Brit. Insects, 18. The evacuating ducts are constant.
