(nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away.
Protozoa were detected in floor drains, standing water on the floor, soiled bars of cutting tables, plastic pallets and out-of-use hot water knife sanitizers.
On the eve of July 22, we were cautioned to clean our drains and gutters-heavy rain was expected, and so, dutifully, we cleared our eaves of leaves and pine needles.
The streets are extended gutters the gutters are full of when the drains finally scab the accumulated filth of all their s and foam up around their all the whores ticians will look up and shout,"Save us." And I'll whisper,"No."
Problems include blocked drains, sunken foundations and, sometimes, large structural faults.
In warmer weather, water drains off the mossy, treeless summit of one of Scotland's most eerily beautiful landscapes, cascading over well-worn rocks for several hundred feet.
Who --like the belated traveller that stands watching fairy revels till he snatches and drains the goblin cup, and springs into the whirling circle m can view the mad tumult,and not be drawn into its midst? Not I, for one.
The stab wound or incision for the drains must be adequate.
In planning the layout of drains (normally regarded as pipes serving one building) or sewers (pipes serving more than one building), the pipes should, wherever possible, fall with the ground contours, so that the excavation is kept to a minimum.
Drains which pass under a house must be of cast iron, the most expensive material for pipe drains.
A lake of north-central Scotland. It drains through the Ness River into the Moray Firth and is part of the Caledonian Canal system. The Loch Ness Monster is reputed to inhabit its deep waters.
Just like going to the gym, you'll build social muscles so what drains you out initially will be relaxed and fun later.
Although some gangsters escaped the siege via storm-water drains, others are reported to have been ferried out in police cars.
Majestic blue icebergs the size of small islands float outside its harbour; its ice fjord drains 7% of the area of the Greenland ice sheet.
All the sewage drains off into the lake.
We had to call a plumber to unblock the drains.
