Vocabulary : Drained to Drama

Drained : of Drain
Drainer : One who, or that which, drains.
Draining : of Drain ;; The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land.
Drainpipe : A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.
Draintile : A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also draining tile.

Draintrap : See 4th Trap, 5.
Drake : The male of the duck kind. ;; The drake fly. ;; A dragon. ;; A small piece of artillery. ;; Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank.
Drakestone : A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes.
Dram : A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains. ;; A minute quantity; a mite. ;; As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as, a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram of poison. ;; A Persian daric. ;; To drink drams; to ply with drams.
Drama : A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage. ;; A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest. ;; Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.

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