drein

English

Noun

drein (plural dreins)

1. Obsolete form of drain.

Verb

drein (third-person singular simple present dreins, present participle dreining, simple past and past participle dreined)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• -drine, Idren, Indre, Riden, diner, rined

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʁɛjn/

Noun

drein f pl

1. plural of draen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʁaɪ̯n/
• Hyphenation: drein

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Adverb

drein

1. Alternative form of darein

Norman

Etymology

Old French drain, variant of derrain (“last”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

drein m

1. (Jersey) last

Derived terms

• dreinement