2. To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as,
let the vessel stand and drain.
2. That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a
trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
3. pl. The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
[Eng.] --Halliwell.
{Box drain}, {Counter drain}. See under {Box}, {Counter}.
{Right of drain} (Law), an easement or servitude by which one
man has a right to convey water in pipes through or over
the estate of another. --Kent.
Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
--Bacon.
But it was not alone that the he drained their
treasure and hampered their industry. --Motley.
2. To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make
gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from
streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence,
to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like;
as, to drain a country of its specie.
Sinking waters, the firm land to drain, Filled the
capacious deep and formed the main. --Roscommon.
3. To filter.
Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth,
hath become fresh. --Bacon.