Drain: alternatives and connections

A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.

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A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge.

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of Draw

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An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also scupper hole.

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One who sews, or stitches.

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The construction of a sewer or sewers.

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To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

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To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

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The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

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The act of depleting or emptying.

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of Eat

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Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

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of Empty

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The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.

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To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

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To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…

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of Fee

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imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.

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A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pi…

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of Pipe

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of Run

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A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

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of Tube

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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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The act of voiding, emptying, ejecting, or evacuating.

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To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

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To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh.

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To make lean; to cause to waste away.

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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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

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

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The act of weakening; enervation; weakness.

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The act of weakening; enervation; weakness.

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To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance.

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

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A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.

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To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.

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