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Top-drain :: Top-drain (v. t.) To drain the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field or farm..

Muscovado :: Muscovado (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, unrefined or raw sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses. Muscovado sugar contains impurities which render it dark colored and moist..

Soak :: Soak (v. t.) Fig.: To absorb; to drain.

Thorough :: Thorough (n.) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water..

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..

Trocar :: Trocar (n.) A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploring tissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy..

Pot :: Pot (v. t.) To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off..

Drainage :: Drainage (n.) A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain..

Effluvium :: Effluvium (a.) Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage..

Drain :: Drain (v. t.) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of..

Tile :: Tile (n.) A draintile.

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

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

Sewerage :: Sewerage (n.) The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers..

Insanitary :: Insanitary (a.) Not sanitary; unhealthy; as, insanitary conditions of drainage..

Carouse :: Carouse (v. t.) To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially.

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

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

Drainpipe :: Drainpipe (n.) A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.

Ditch :: Ditch (n.) A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse..

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