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

Drainpipe :: Drainpipe (n.) A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.

Cesspool :: Cesspool (n.) A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth..

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

Drained :: Drained (imp. & p. p.) of Drai.

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..

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..

Grip :: Grip (v. t.) To trench; to drain.

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land..

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

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

Plumb :: Plumb (v. t.) To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe..

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..

Manhole :: Manhole (n.) A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing..

Catchwork :: Catchwork (n.) A work or artificial water-course for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.

Melado :: Melado (n.) A mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained.

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..

Trogue :: Trogue (n.) A wooden trough, forming a drain..

Surface :: Surf (n.) The bottom of a drain.

Drove :: Drove (n.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.

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