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mping car or cart, a railway car, or a cart, the body of which can be tilted to empty the contents; -- called also dump car, or dump cart.

d inches. The system is used chiefly by artificers in computing the superficial and solid contents of their work.

A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus.

Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. -- n.

The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

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.

The contents of the cranium; the brain.

A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.

A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement. [An] epitome of the contents of a very large book. Sydney Smith.

To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.

The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging. Specifically:

ften evaporates in the process of translation. To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate . . . is a safe way. Bacon.

To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.

The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.

r flask, a thin glass flask, flat-bottomed and cone-shaped to allow of safely shaking its contents laterally without danger of spilling; -- so called from Erlenmeyer, a German chemist who invented it. -- Florence flask. Etym: [From Florence in Italy.] (a) Same as Betty, n., 3. (b) A glass flask, round or pear-shaped,…

The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.

To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.

One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks.

A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner.

The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass will hold.