Drain

drān, v.t. to draw off by degrees: to filter: to clear of water by drains: to make dry: to drink dry: to exhaust.— v.i. to flow off gradually.— n. a watercourse: a ditch: a sewer: ( slang ) a drink: exhausting expenditure.— adj. Drain′able .— ns. Drain′age , the drawing off of water by rivers or other channels: the system of drains in a town; Drain′age-basin , the area of land which drains into one river; Drain′age-tube , a tube of silver, india-rubber, gla , ., introduced by a surgeon into a wound or absce to draw off pus, .; Drain′er , a utensil on which articles are placed to drain; Drain′ing-en′gine , a pumping-engine for mines, .; Drain′ing-plough , a form of plough used in making drains; Drain′-pipe ; Drain′-tile ; Drain′-trap , a contrivance for preventing the escape of foul air from drains, but admitting the water into them. [A.S. dréahnigan — drag an , to draw.]