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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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..
Catchwater :: Catchwater (n.) A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.
Draught :: Draught (n.) A sink or drain; a privy.
Drainable :: Drainable (a.) Capable of being drained.
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..
Culvert :: Culvert (n.) A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge..
Plonge :: Plonge (v. t.) To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs..
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..
Suilline :: Suillage (n.) A drain or collection of filth.
Top-drain :: Top-drain (v. t.) To drain the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field or farm..
Trap :: Trap (v. t.) To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5..
Sough :: Sough (n.) A small drain; an adit.
Water Drain :: Water drain () A drain or channel for draining off water.
Potting :: Potting (n.) The process of putting sugar in casks for cleansing and draining.
Plumb :: Plumb (v. t.) To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe..
Sewage :: Sewage (n.) The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewer.
Draining :: Draining (v. t.) The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land..
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..
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works..
Pot :: Pot (n.) A perforated cask for draining sugar.
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