▪ I. discharging, vbl. n.
(dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒɪŋ)
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb discharge in various senses. (Now chiefly gerundial.)
| a 1483 Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. 29 Bycause of newe charging and discharging of servants, officers, etc. 1538 Bury Wills (Camden) 135 In dyschargyng of my concyence. 1666 Pepys Diary 16 Oct., Orders..about discharging of ships. 1762 Goldsm. Cit. W. lxxxiv. ¶6 Bequeathed..to the discharging his debts. 1832 Marshall (title) On the Enlisting, the Discharging, and the Pensioning of Soldiers. 1890 Pall Mall G. 24 Nov. 6/3 The proposals..by the large shipowners to undertake their own discharging. |
▪ II. disˈcharging, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That discharges: see the verb.
discharging arch (Arch.): an arch built in the substance of a wall, which relieves a part below it (as a lintel, etc.) from the superincumbent weight; cf. discharge v. 7 and n. 8; similarly discharging strut, etc. discharging rod (Electr.) = discharger 2 a.
| c 1788 Langley's Builder's Compl. Assist. (ed. 4) 152 If..there be discharging Struts framed into the Beams and Prick Posts..they will discharge the principal Rafters from the greatest Part of the whole Weight. 1797 Monthly Mag. III. 301 The spirit becomes sooner condensed, before it reaches the discharging cock. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) p. viii, Copious instructions for the discharging Officers. 1812–6 J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art II. 137 The condenser and the discharging-pump communicate by means of a horizontal pipe containing a valve opening towards the pump. 1819 P. Nicholson Arch. Dict., Discharging Arches, rough brick or stone arches, built over the wooden lintels of apertures. 1819 Pantologia s.v. Electrical Battery, Care should be taken not to touch the wires..before the discharging rod be repeatedly applied to its sides. 1856 Kane Arct. Expl. I. xii. 135 An icy wall, which constantly threw off its discharging bergs. 1858 Archit. Publ. Soc. Dict. Discharging piece, strut, etc., a piece of timber so placed as to discharge any weight, in framing or shoring, upon a better point of support. 1875 Ure's Dict. Arts. I. 288 The bleaching or discharging liquor. |