Definition of drain

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Drain (v. t.) To filter.

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Trone :: Trone (n.) A small drain.
Plumber :: Plumber (n.) One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings..
Pot :: Pot (n.) A perforated cask for draining sugar.
Thorough :: Thorough (n.) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water..
Drained :: Drained (imp. & p. p.) of Drai.
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..
Draintile :: Draintile (n.) A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also draining tile.
Carouse :: Carouse (v. t.) To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially.
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..
Melado :: Melado (n.) A mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained.
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works..
Potting :: Potting (n.) The process of putting sugar in casks for cleansing and draining.
Trap :: Trap (v. t.) To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5..
Ditch :: Ditch (v. t.) To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land..
Draining :: Draining (v. t.) The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land..
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..
Insanitary :: Insanitary (a.) Not sanitary; unhealthy; as, insanitary conditions of drainage..
Exhaustment :: Exhaustment (n.) Exhaustion; drain.
Tile :: Tile (n.) A draintile.
Lade :: Lade (n.) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
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