drein
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
drein (plural dreins)
Verb[edit]
drein (third-person singular simple present dreins, present participle dreining, simple past and past participle dreined)
- Obsolete form of drain.
- 1693, [William] Congreve, The Old Batchelour, a Comedy. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Peter Buck, […], →OCLC, Act V, page 45:
- At leaſt, I'm ſure I can fiſh it out of her. She's the very Sluce to her Lady's Secrets;—'Tis but ſetting her Mill agoing, and I can drein her of 'em all.
References[edit]
“drein”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Breton[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
drein f pl
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
drein
- Alternative form of darein
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Old French drain, variant of derrain (“last”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Adjective[edit]
drein m
Derived terms[edit]
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