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Underditch :: Underditch (v. t.) To dig an underground ditches in, so as to drain the surface; to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm..

Plough :: Plough (n.) A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow..

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

Draintile :: Draintile (n.) A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also draining tile.

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

Draintrap :: Draintrap (n.) See 4th Trap, 5..

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..

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..

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..

Dike :: Dike (v. t.) To drain by a dike or ditch.

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..

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it..

Banker :: Banker (n.) A ditcher; a drain digger.

Chase :: Chase (n.) A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile..

Delph :: Delph (n.) The drain on the land side of a sea embankment.

Well-draining :: Well-draining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Welldrai.

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

Pot :: Pot (n.) A perforated cask for draining sugar.

Catchwater :: Catchwater (n.) A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.

Draught :: Draught (n.) A sink or drain; a privy.

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