Definition of drain

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Drain (n.) The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains..

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Lake :: Lake (n.) A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area..
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..
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc..
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..
Exhaust :: Exhaust (a.) Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
Trogue :: Trogue (n.) A wooden trough, forming a drain..
Cunette :: Cunette (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette..
Forcer :: Forcer (n.) A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc..
Trap :: Trap (v. t.) To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5..
Thorough :: Thorough (n.) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water..
Seal :: Seal (n.) An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap..
Drill :: Drill (v. t.) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum..
Water Drain :: Water drain () A drain or channel for draining off water.
Melado :: Melado (n.) A mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained.
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..
Ditch :: Ditch (n.) A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse..
Suck :: Suck (v. t.) To draw or drain.
Trocar :: Trocar (n.) A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploring tissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy..
Top-draining :: Top-draining (n.) The act or practice of drining the surface of land.
Exhaustible :: Exhaustible (a.) Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended..
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