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.
||Draine (?), n. [F.] (Zoöl.) The missel thrush.
Drain"er (?), n. One who, or that which, drains.
Drain"ing, vb. n. of Drain, v. t. (Agric.) The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land.
Draining tile. Same as Draintile.
Drain"pipe` (?), n. A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.
Drain"tile` (?), n. A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also draining tile.
Drain"trap` (?), n. See 4th Trap, 5.
Drake (drk), n. [Akin to LG. drake, OHG. antrache, anetrecho, G. enterich, Icel. andriki, Dan. andrik, OSw. andrak, andrage, masc., and fr. AS. ened, fem., duck; akin to D. eend, G. ente, Icel. önd, Dan. and, Sw. and, Lith. antis, L. anas, Gr. &?; (for &?;), and perh. Skr. ti a water fowl. √207. In English the first part of the word was lost. The ending is akin to E. rich. Cf. Gulaund.] 1. The male of the duck kind.