VOIDINGS
Noun
voidings
plural of voiding
Source: Wiktionary
VOIDING
Void"ing, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, v Bp. Hall.
2. That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a
remnant; a fragment. [R.] Rowe. Voiding knife, a knife used for
gathering up fragments of food to put them into a voider.
Void"ing, a.
Definition: Receiving what is ejected or voided. "How in our voiding lobby
hast thou stood" Shak.
VOID
Void, a. Etym: [OE. voide, OF. voit, voide, vuit, vuide, F. vide, fr.
(assumed) LL. vocitus, fr. L. vocare, an old form of vacare to be
empty, or a kindred word. Cf. Vacant, Avoid.]
1. Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.
The earth was without form, and void. Gen. i. 2.
I 'll get me to a place more void. Shak.
I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, I may run over the
story of his country. Massinger.
2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.
Divers great offices that had been long void. Camden.
3. Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of
learning, or of common use. Milton.
A conscience void of offense toward God. Acts xxiv. 16.
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor. Prov. xi. 12.
4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
[My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that
which I please. Isa. lv. 11.
I will make void the counsel of Judah. Jer. xix. 7.
5. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
"Idol, void and vain." Pope.
6. (Law)
Definition: Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or
ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2. Void space (Physics), a vacuum.
Syn.
– Empty; vacant; devoid; wanting; unfurnished; unsupplied;
unoccupied.
Void, n.
Definition: An empty space; a vacuum.
Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense, And fills up all the
mighty void of sense. Pope.
Void, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Voided; p. pr. & vb. n. Voiding.] Etym:
[OF. voidier, vuidier. See Void, a.]
1. To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to
quit; to leave; as, to void a table.
Void anon her place. Chaucer.
If they will fight with us, bid them come down, Or void the field.
Shak.
2. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to
void excrements.
A watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices. Barrow.
With shovel, like a fury, voided out The earth and scattered bones.
J. Webster.
3. To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate;
to annul; to nullify.
After they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken. Bp.
Burnet.
It was become a practice . . . to void the security that was at any
time given for money so borrowed. Clarendon.
Void, v. i.
Definition: To be emitted or evacuated. Wiseman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition