drein
English
Verb
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
“drein”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʁaɪ̯n/
- Hyphenation: drein
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Norman
Etymology
Old French drain, variant of derrain (“last”).
Pronunciation
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