drenchern.
One who or that which drenches; a drenching shower; an apparatus for administering a drench to a beast.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > downpour
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pelt1785
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drencher1892
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the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > veterinary equipment > device for administering drench
drench-horn?c1000
drenching-horn1639
drencher1893
drenching-gun1950
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Drencher, 1. One that dips or steeps any thing. 2. One that gives physick by force. Dict.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Aug. 3/1 We have just had a drencher, and the main street..is swimming.
1893 H. Dalziel Dis. Dogs (ed. 3) 3 The medicine measure and drencher..I invented.
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