Part 3447

<h1>Drain</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Drain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Drained</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Draining</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>drehnigean</ets> to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. <ets>draw</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.</def>

<blockquote>Fountains <b>drain</b> the water from the ground adjacent. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>But it was not alone that the he <b>drained</b> their treasure and hampered their industry. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>drain</ex> a country of its specie</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Sinking waters, the firm land to <b>drain</b>, Filled the capacious deep and formed the main. <i>Roscommon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To filter.</def>

<blockquote>Salt water, <b>drained</b> through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Drain</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To flow gradually; <as>as, the water of low ground <ex>drains</ex> off</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; <as>as, let the vessel stand and <ex>drain</ex></as>.</def>

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<hw>Drain</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; <as>as, the <ex>drain</ex> of specie from a country</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The grain from the mashing tub; <as>as, brewers' <ex>drains</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<cs><mcol><col>Box drain</col>, <col>Counter drain</col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Box</er>, <er>Counter</er>.</cd> -- <col>Right of drain</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an easement or servitude by which one man has a right to convey water in pipes through or over the estate of another.</cd></cs>

<i>Kent.</i>

<h1>Drainable</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Drain"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being drained.</def>

<h1>Drainage</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Drain"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Engin.)</fld> <def>The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Area or district drained; <as>as, the <ex>drainage</ex> of the Po, the Thames, etc.</as></def>

<i>Latham.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc.</def>