drainingn.
1. The action of drain v. in various senses; drainage.
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the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > [noun] > by draining
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the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > drawing off water or moisture
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drainage1652
drain1721
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > [noun] > extracting gas or fluid
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exhaustion1661
aspiration1842
adspiration1851
bleeding1889
bleed1949
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > constant or gradual
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1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Deriuatio..a turning: a drayning.
1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Esguazo The draining or drawing of water from a boggie or marrish ground.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. ix. 209 The drayning of the great Level in Northamptonshire.
1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 90 The Inside of the Nose remained perfectly clear, and free, nor was there any running or draining from thence.
1834 Penny Cycl. II. 225/1 The subsoil is..not wet for want of outlet or draining.
1849 R. Cobden Speeches 73 This inordinate draining upon the prosperity of the country.
2. That which is drained off; = drainage n. 3.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > that which is drained off
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1834 Penny Cycl. II. 228/1 Liquid manure..drainings of dunghills.
3. Something used to drain a flowerpot, etc.
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the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > drawing off water or moisture > material used for
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1852 Beck's Florist 224 Plant them singly in a 60-size pot..with plenty of drainings in the bottom.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
draining-auger n.
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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Draining-auger, a horizontal auger occasionally used for boring through a bank to form a channel for water.
draining-brick n.
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1807 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. (new ed.) I. 415 Another form of draining-brick for forming larger sorts of drains.
draining-business n.
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1629 H. C. Disc. Drayning Fennes sig. A2v A great guid in this drayning businesse.
draining-engine n.
draining-machine n. (Sheep-farming)
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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Draining-machine, a form of filter or machine for expediting the separation of a liquid from the magma or mass of more solid matter which it saturates.
draining-pen n.
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1919 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. 21 Apr. 224 Information is furnished..regarding the best method of finishing off the concrete floor of a sheep-dip draining-pen.
1965 J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry i. 25 In the older ‘dips’ and also in modern ‘sheep showers’, this is an adjoining draining pen to which sheep go after treatment with the ‘wash’ or ‘dip’.
draining-plough n.
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1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 122/1 A draining plough has been invented which..greatly accelerates the operation of forming drains.
draining-pot n.
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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Draining-pot (Sugar-manufacture), an inverted conical vessel in which wet sugar is placed to drain.
draining-tile n.
draining-well n.
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1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 41 Draining Wells should be made, at convenient Distances.
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draining-board n. a grooved and sloping board on which utensils are put to drain after they have been washed.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > [noun] > draining-board
drainboard1905
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1906 Westm. Gaz. 30 Apr. 4/2 Few sculleries are equipped with a draining-board.
1933 Archit. Rev. 74 42/3 (caption) A typical gas-operated built-in refrigerator installed under the draining board.
draining-table n. = draining-board n.
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1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 230/2 Plate Rack and Folding Draining Table Combined (Patent).
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