Definition of Emptings

1. emptins [n] - See also: emptins

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emptings

emprosthotonus
emprove
emprovement
empt
empted
emptiable
emptied
emptier
emptiers
empties
emptiest
emptily
emptiness
emptinesses
empting
emptings (current term)
emptins
emption
emptional
emptions
emptor
empts
empty
empty-bellied
empty-handed
empty-headed
empty-nester
empty-net goal
empty-netter
empty base

Literary usage of Emptings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Frugal Housewife: Dedicated to Those who are Not Ashamed of Economy by Lydia Maria Francis Child (1841)
"If your sponge looks frothy in the morning,, it is a sign your bread will be good; if it does not rise, stir in a little m ire emptings ; if it rises too ..."

2. In the Sixties by Harold Frederic (1897)
"The farmer's patience was running emptings. " No! " he said, severely, " I forbid ye! Don't ye dare say a word to her about it. She don't want to listen to ..."

3. Men and Events of Forty Years: Autobiographical Reminiscences of an Active by Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, Henry Webster Parker (1801)
"The jug was just filled with new yeast — " emptings " from the still-house, and there was a suggestion in a sportive mood, that, as we were under the hill, ..."

4. Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: With Extracts from His Journals and by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Samuel Longfellow (1886)
"He is " running emptings," as Jeremiah Mason used to say. 4th. No letters to-day. I begin to think that the New York youth who borrowed money of me to get ..."

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