Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Emptier"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Empty \Emp"ty\ (?; 215), a. [Compar. {Emptier}; superl.
{Emptiest}.] [AS. emtig, [ae]mtig, [ae]metig, fr. [ae]mta,
[ae]metta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G.
emsig busy.]
1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within;
void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; --
said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an
empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach;
empty shackles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Emptier \Emp"ti*er\ (?; 215), n.
One who, or that which, empties.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Emptier \Emp"ti*er\, compar.
of {Empty}.
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