empt v [phonetics unavailable]. OED ~ v obs exc dial; EDD s w cties. See Som & Dor N & Q vi (1899), 105 for Dorset infinitives with and without -y. Empt has generalized the alternate without -y. Cp LIVYER. To empty or pour out (1925 Dial Notes v, 330).
   T 33-64¹ When the Eskimau come to sell his furs [they] emp their bags—all the fur out the one time. T 80-64 And it gets too tough, he's goin' a hemp she out! [empty charge in gun by firing it]. T 141/68-65² You enjoy a chew moreso than you would smoke; your pipe'd emp out anyhow.

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