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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..

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

Thorough :: Thorough (n.) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water..

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

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

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..

Underdrain :: Underdrain (v. t.) To drain by forming an underdrain or underdrains in; as, to underdrain land..

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

Exhaust :: Exhaust (v. t.) To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation..

Welldrained :: Welldrained (imp. & p. p.) of Welldrai.

Catchdrain :: Catchdrain (n.) A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water..

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..

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

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

Tile-drain :: Tile-drain (v. t.) To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.

Sink :: Sink (n.) A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.

Molasses :: Molasses (n.) The thick, brown or dark colored, viscid, uncrystallizable sirup which drains from sugar, in the process of manufacture; any thick, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice or sap, as of the sorghum or maple. See Treacle..

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

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..

Basin :: Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake..

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