disgorging

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noun

The act of something being disgorged.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of disgorge
noundisgorging (plural disgorgings)

plural disgorgings

  1. The act of something being disgorged.

    Noisome disgorgings of surfeits and drunkennesses.

    1651 (indicated as 1652), Joseph Hall, “The Invisible World Discovered to Spiritual Eyes, and Reduced to Useful Meditation. […]”, in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D. […], volume VI (Devotional Works), London: […] C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Williams and Smith, […], published 1808, →OCLC
    1 more example

    Two and often three disgorgings and recorkings are needed before it is safe to send out for sale.

    1869, William Joseph Flagg, Three Seasons in European Vineyards, page 108
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