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The draining off of water.
A drain or channel for draining off water.
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n.
A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.
v. t.
To drain by forming an underdrain or underdrains in; as, to underdrain land.
n.
The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
v. i.
To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.
n.
That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
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.
n.
One who, or that which, drains.
n.
An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.
n.
A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also draining tile.
v. t.
To drain the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field or farm.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Drain
v. t.
To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.
n.
The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.
a.
Capable of being drained.
n.
The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.
v. i.
To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
imp. & p. p.
of Drain
n.
Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc.
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