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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRAINING

ppr. Emptying of water or other liquor by filtration or flowing in small channels.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DRAINING

Drain "ing, vb. n. Etym: of Drain, v. t. (Agric.)

Defn: The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land. Draining tile. Same as Draintile.

New American Oxford Dictionary

draining board

drain |ing board ▶noun Brit. a sloping grooved board or surface on which washed dishes are left to drain into an adjacent sink.

Oxford Dictionary

draining board

drain |ing board ▶noun Brit. a sloping grooved board or surface on which washed dishes are left to drain into an adjacent sink.