DRAIN
NOUNS
► LADE a drain, a ditch → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► SINK a drain, conduit, or pipe for carrying away dirty water or sewage → 1499
► SINKER a drain, a cesspool → 1623 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SPANISH (MAIN) a drain → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► SYRE a gutter, a drain, a sewer → 1513 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SYVER a gutter, a drain, a sewer → 1606 Sc.
► VAEDIK a drain, ditch, or open sewer → a1838 Sc.
► VALLEY any small channel or hollow as a drain or gutter in a roof → 1787 Eng. dial.
► VAULT a drain or sewer; a covered conduit for carrying away water or filth → c1400 obs.
► VENNEL an open drain or gutter; a sewer → 1641 N. Eng. dial.
VERBS
► PULL THE MONKEY to pull a rubber disc through a cess drain in order to clean the drain → 1970 UK sl.
► SUCK OUT to drain → 1687 obs.
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