Definition of "emptyings" []

• Plural form of emptying. (noun)

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• "The spigot, which up to this time had run only "emptyings," was now giving out the clear juice of the wine-vat."
• "a man had pumped himself out once a week and failed to run "emptyings" before the year was finished."
• "In the first year, the foremen would lie down to sleep between two emptyings of the blast furnace, until they were shot."