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▪ I. diluting, vbl. n.|dɪˈl(j)uːtɪŋ|
[f. dilute v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb dilute. (Now chiefly gerundial.)
1665Hooke Microgr. 58 From the composition and dilutings of these two. 1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 252 Mere diluting dissolves and carries off Salts.
▪ II. diˈluting, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That dilutes.
1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 276 Diluting things are cooling, as Whey, Water, Milk. 1789W. Buchan Dom. Med. (1790) 159 Drinking plentifully of diluting liquors; as water-gruel, or oatmeal-tea, clear whey, barley-water, balm-tea, apple-tea. 1863J. Hannah Relat. Div. & Hum. Elem. Holy Script. iii. 85 A diluting exposition. c1865Letheby in Circ. Sc. I. 116/1 The diluting gases are marsh gas, hydrogen, and carbonic oxide..important constituents of common gas. |