Empty \Emp"ty\ (?; 215), a. [Compar. Emptier; superl. Emptiest.]

[AS. emtig, [ae]mtig, [ae]metig, fr. [ae]mta, [ae]metta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. emsig busy.]

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Empty \Emp"ty\, v. i.

1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.

2. To become empty. ``The chapel empties.'' --B. Jonson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Empty \Emp"ty\, n.; pl. Empties. An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, ``special rates for empties.''

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Empty \Emp"ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emptied; p. pr. & vb. n. Emptying.]

To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.

The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth. --Eccl. xi. 3.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)