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- English Word Drainage Definition A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.
- English Word Drainage Definition The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers.
- English Word Drainage Definition The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.
- English Word Drainage Definition Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc.
- English Word Drainage Definition The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc.
- English Word Draine Definition The missel thrush.
- English Word Drained Definition of Drain
- English Word Drainer Definition One who, or that which, drains.
- English Word Draining Definition of Drain
- English Word Draining Definition The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land.
- English Word Drainpipe Definition A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.
- English Word Draintile Definition A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also draining tile.
- English Word Draintrap Definition See 4th Trap, 5.
- English Word Drake Definition The male of the duck kind.
- English Word Drake Definition The drake fly.
- English Word Drake Definition A dragon.
- English Word Drake Definition A small piece of artillery.
- English Word Drake Definition Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank.
- English Word Drakestone Definition A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes.
- English Word Dram Definition A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains.
- English Word Dram Definition A minute quantity; a mite.
- English Word Dram Definition As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as, a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram of poison.
- English Word Dram Definition A Persian daric.
- English Word Dram Definition To drink drams; to ply with drams.
- English Word Drama Definition A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage.
- English Word Drama Definition A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.
- English Word Drama Definition Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.
- English Word Dramatic Definition Alt. of Dramatical
- English Word Dramatical Definition Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid.
- English Word Dramatically Definition In a dramatic manner; theatrically; vividly.