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A tube through which is water is discharged; an efflux tube.
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Alternative spelling of backwash [(nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.]
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An opening or drain leading into a plumbing system to provide a location to insert a snake or other implement for cleaning.
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The drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the ground.
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The practice of seeking water or other substances (usually liquid) with the aid of a forked stick or similar pointing device, as believed by some practitioners to derive from supernatural power.
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Alternative form of draincock. [A tap or valve used to draw off water (or other liquid) from the lowest part of a tank, boiler etc.]
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A pan for collecting the condensate and funneling it to the drain line.
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Alternative form of drainplug [A plug for a drain.]
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A conduit for the removal of water or waste water.
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Alternative form of drain field [A surface facility that drains into a septic tank]
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A board beside a kitchen sink, designed to drain into the sink, used for letting kitchen utensils dry after they had been washed.
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Someone who makes drains.
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A verticle pipe carrying water from the roof gutter down the side of a building; downspout.
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A hollow tile used in making drains.
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A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
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The drains of a building etc.
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(mining) A machine that uses an air blower to blow away light fines to concentrate heavy fines and larger bits, from pay dirt. This concentrate can then go through further refinement.
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Obsolete form of faucet. [(Canada, US) An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.]
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(uncountable) A type of hose used for light residential applications such as watering lawns or gardens, or washing and rinsing passenger vehicles, etc.
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(nonstandard) Alternative spelling of garden hose [(uncountable) A type of hose used for light residential applications such as watering lawns or gardens, or washing and rinsing passenger vehicles, etc.]
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A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
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(transitive) To water or spray with a hose.
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(archaic) A kind of pump for watering a garden.
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A device that saturates the sand with the appropriate amount of water when making concrete.
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(geology) The washing in of soil (into a lake etc) from elsewhere.
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Alternative form of jet d'eau [A stream of water spouting from a fountain or pipe (especially from one arranged to throw water upward), used as an ornament in a garden or public place.]
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The application of a jet of liquid, especially to treat livestock against pests.
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Synonym of Jackson-Pratt drain
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(transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
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a pipe to drain or let off water
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(botany) A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting.
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(idiomatic) A plunger, consisting of a large suction cup attached to a stick and used to remove blockages from toilets, sinks, or drains.
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A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.
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A mechanical device that uses a pump to generate a high-pressure stream of water (up to 5000 PSI - residential/commercial and up to 70000 PSI for commercial/industrial uses) to clean surfaces.
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(attributive) An early American animation style with the use of simple flowing curves for characters' limbs.
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A trap in a waste pipe in the shape of the letter S, generally used where a drain line rises from the floor.
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A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
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A machine that slakes, or mixes a substance with water.
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(transitive) To insert (a spigot).
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(agriculture) A drain made by laying under earth the sprays or small branches of trees, which keep passages open.
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A perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline.
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A mining technique wherein the material above the ore is removed (stripped) to expose it for removal and use; operation of a strip mine.
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Alternative spelling of siphon. [A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.]
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To draw off liquid from a vessel.
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Water that has come from a tap.
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An outlet in the microtubing used in drip irrigation.
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waste gas (gaseous phase fluid), which fills the ullage space of a tank
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(mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
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a pipe that carries off liquid waste; a drain or drainpipe
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The provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes.
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A device used for watering.
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A device which generates potable water by performing reverse osmosis on seawater.
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A drain conducting to a well or pit.
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Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain.
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