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The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land. Draining tile. Same as Draintile.

The act or practice of drining the surface of land.

The courts by which anything is carried off. Avoidances and drainings of water. Bacon.

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.

The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.

A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.

A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also draining tile.

The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.

A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc.

to the l of the plateau and then descent to the level of the valley or of the sea. After draining of the level in Northamptonshire. Sir M. Hale. Shot from the deadly level of a gun. Shak.

des for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them. Land may be improved by draining, marling, and liming. Sir J. Child.

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.

s; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow. Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow. Dryden.

A perforated cask for draining sugar. Knight.

The process of putting sugar in casks for cleansing and draining. [West Indies] B. Edwards.

tory ordinances for the protection of public health, such as quarantine, fever hospitals, draining, etc. De Quincey.

To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it.

A natural channel for water; also, a canal for the conveyance of water, especially in draining lands.

A drain or channel for draining off water.

The draining off of water.