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Melado :: Melado (n.) A mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained.

Sink :: Sink (n.) A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen..

Exhaust :: Exhaust (v. t.) To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources..

Catchwork :: Catchwork (n.) A work or artificial water-course for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.

Exhaustion :: Exhaustion (n.) The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.

Tile :: Tile (n.) A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works..

Seal :: Seal (n.) An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap..

Exhaustment :: Exhaustment (n.) Exhaustion; drain.

Trap :: Trap (n.) A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids..

Mould :: Mould (n.) A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand..

Culvert :: Culvert (n.) A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge..

Drainage :: Drainage (n.) The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers.

Catchdrain :: Catchdrain (n.) A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water..

Suck :: Suck (v. t.) To draw or drain.

Tile-drain :: Tile-drain (v. t.) To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.

Draining :: Draining (v. t.) The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land..

Bastard :: Bastard (n.) A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained..

Grindlet :: Grindlet (n.) A small drain.

Drain :: Drain (v. t.) To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie..

Top-draining :: Top-draining (n.) The act or practice of drining the surface of land.

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