noun. The drawing or running off of water, especially the artificial removal of water from land by surface or under-ground channels; drainage.

verb. The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land.

verb. Same as Draintile.

verb. Present participle of drain.

adjective. That drains

noun. the practice of exploring drains, tunnels, or sewers

adjective. having a debilitating effect

"What is advanced as the main advantage of trench-ploughing in the first passage -- that it can be safely done without previous draining, is in the second wholly discarded by the advice, _never to trench-plough without previous draining_."

debilitating  

abstaining  ascertaining  attaining  campaigning  caning  

aspiration  bleeding  bloodletting  breakdown  broaching  

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