Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh.
Bacon.
Drain, v. i. 1. To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
2. To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.
Drain, n. 1. The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.
2. That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.