drainage

Definitions

1. 1.The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers.
2. 2.(Engin.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.
3. 3.Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc. Latham.
4. 4.(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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is drainage.

• What is the mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers called?
• What is the system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works called?
• What is area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc. Latham called?
• What is 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 called?