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- Draining - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Drain
- Draining - v. t. - The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land.
- Water drain - - A drain or channel for draining off water.
- Pot - n. - A perforated cask for draining sugar.
- Water drainage - - The draining off of water.
- Forcer - n. - A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc.
- 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.
- Draintile - n. - A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also draining tile.
- 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.
- Water course - - A natural channel for water; also, a canal for the conveyance of water, especially in draining lands.
- Trench - v. t. - To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it.
- Trench - v. t. - A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land.
- 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.
- Exhaustion - n. - The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.