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Webster 1913 Edition


Drainage

Drain′age

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Noun.
1.
A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.
2.
The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers.
3.
(Engin.)
The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.
4.
Area or district drained;
as, the
drainage
of the Po, the Thames, etc.
Latham.
5.
(Surg.)
The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc.
Drainage tube
(Surg.)
,
a tube introduced into a wound, etc., to draw off the discharges.

Webster 1828 Edition


Drainage

DRAINAGE

,
Noun.
A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid.

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Drainage

Drainage

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German

Noun

Drainage f (genitive Drainage, plural Drainagen)

  1. Alternative spelling of Dränage

drainage

drainage

See also: Drainage

English

Noun

drainage (plural drainages)

  1. A natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area.
  2. A system of drains.

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French

Noun

drainage m (plural drainages)

  1. drainage

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