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 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; the project is a drain on resources.
 2. That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
 3. pl. The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains. [Eng.]
 Box drain, Counter drain. See under Box, Counter.
 Right of drain Law, an easement or servitude by which one man has a right to convey water in pipes through or over the estate of another.
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