disgorging

English

Verb

disgorging

  1. present participle and gerund of disgorge

Noun

disgorging (plural disgorgings)

  1. The act of something being disgorged.
    • 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:
      Noisome disgorgings of surfeits and drunkennesses.
    • 1869, William Joseph Flagg, Three Seasons in European Vineyards, page 108:
      Two and often three disgorgings and recorkings are needed before it is safe to send out for sale.
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