rinsing, vbl. n.
(ˈrɪnsɪŋ)
[f. rinse v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb in various senses.
| c 1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. (MS. B) 576 When þo preste has rinsynge done, opon þi fete þou stonde vp sone. c 1425 St. Mary of Oignies i. viii. in Anglia VIII. 141/28 Whanne she toke wyne in þe rynshynge after þe sacrament. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 434/2 Ryyncynge (K.P. rynsinge of vessell), rigacio. 1613 Shakes. Hen. VIII, i. i. 167 Th' enteruiew, That..like a glasse Did breake ith' wrenching. 1617 Hieron Wks. II. 90 Such a rinsing and scouring Dauid prayed for. 1840 R. Dana Bef. Mast xxx. 110 We..had a new supply of rain-water, in which we had a grand rinsing. 1873 E. Spon Workshop Rec. Ser. i. 209/2 The rinsings after each operation should be thorough. |
b. attrib., as
rinsing appliance,
rinsing machine, etc.
| 1683 Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing ii. ¶1 The Lye-Trough and Rincing-Trough he places towards some corner of the Room. 1725 Fam. Dict. s.v. Clear-starching, Pour a little of it into the rincing Water, then put your Hand into the rincing Water, and stir it about. 1827 Faraday Chem. Manip. xx. 526 For soaking and rincing operations. 1839 Ure Dict. Arts 1069 Rinsing Machine. 1884 Health Exhib. Catal. 110/2 Bottle Washing, Brushing, and Rinsing Appliances. |
2. The liquid or liquor with which anything has been rinsed out. Chiefly
pl.| 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. xxxii, The beadle..washed down the greasy morsel with the last rinsings of the pot of ale. 1860 Dickens Uncomm. Trav. iii, A scum that was like the soapy rinsing of sooty chimneys. 1870 [see rinse v. 2 b]. 1872 Geo. Eliot Middlem. xxxix, The very pigs..in low spirits from feeding on a too meagre quality of rinsings. |
| fig. 1822 De Quincey Confessions 150 These were..the very dregs and rinsings of the human intellect. 1870 Lowell Study Wind., Condesc. Foreigners, Being drenched with the rinsings of an unclean imagination. |