Definition of drain

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Drain (v. i.) To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain..

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Water Gang :: Water gang () A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes..
Draine :: Draine (n.) The missel thrush.
Drain :: Drain (v. i.) To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off..
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works..
Trogue :: Trogue (n.) A wooden trough, forming a drain..
Welldrain :: Welldrain (v. t.) To drain, as land; by means of wells, or pits, which receive the water, and from which it is discharged by machinery..
Well-draining :: Well-draining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Welldrai.
Catchwork :: Catchwork (n.) A work or artificial water-course for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.
Drein :: Drein (v. i.) To 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..
Banker :: Banker (n.) A ditcher; a drain digger.
Top-draining :: Top-draining (n.) The act or practice of drining the surface of land.
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc..
Forcer :: Forcer (n.) A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc..
Exhaust :: Exhaust (a.) Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
Sipy :: Sipy (a.) Oozy; -- applied to land under cultivation that is not well drained.
Water Drain :: Water drain () A drain or channel for draining off water.
Mole :: Mole (n.) A plow of peculiar construction, for forming underground drains..
Cunette :: Cunette (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette..
Stulp :: Stulm (n.) A shaft or gallery to drain a mine.
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