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voiding
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Void \Void\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Voided; p. pr. & vb. n. Voiding.] [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. [1913 Webster] Void anon her place. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] If they will fight with us, bid them come down, Or void the field. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements. [1913 Webster] A watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices. --Barrow. [1913 Webster] With shovel, like a fury, voided out The earth and scattered bones. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster] 3. To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify. [1913 Webster] After they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster] It was become a practice . . . to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Voiding \Void"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, voids. --Bp. Hall.
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2. That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated;
a remnant; a fragment. [R.] --Rowe.
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Voiding knife, a knife used for gathering up fragments of
food to put them into a voider.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Voiding \Void"ing\, a. Receiving what is ejected or voided. "How in our voiding lobby hast thou stood?" --Shak. [1913 Webster]
