[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That evaporates.
1597. Pilgr. Parnass., V. 576. Such an ayre as is wonte to proceede from an evaporatinge dunghill in a summers daye.
1796. Morse, Amer. Geog., I. 60. It [evaporation] is greatly increased by a current of air or wind flowing over the evaporating surface.
1860. Maury, Phys. Geog. Sea, vii. § 355. An evaporating region at sea.