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

Drain :: Drain (v. t.) To filter.

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To drain by emptying; to suck dry.

Waterhorse :: Waterhorse (n.) A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.

Barrow :: Barrow (n.) A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain..

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..

Drainage :: Drainage (n.) Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc..

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..

Sew :: Sew (v. t.) To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish..

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

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

Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like..

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..

Outfall :: Outfall (n.) The mouth of a river; the lower end of a water course; the open end of a drain, culvert, etc., where the discharge occurs..

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..

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..

Drain :: Drain (n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.

Water Gang :: Water gang () A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes..

Sipy :: Sipy (a.) Oozy; -- applied to land under cultivation that is not well drained.

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

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