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Search phrase: drain

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 III.ii.142	With twenty thousand kisses, and to drain	With twenty thousand kisses, and to draine
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 I.iv.138	How couldst thou drain the life-blood of the child,	How could'st thou drayne the Life-blood of the Child,
Macbeth	Mac I.iii.18	I will drain him dry as hay;	Ile dreyne him drie as Hay:
Richard III	R3 IV.iv.276	A handkerchief, which say to her did drain	A hand-kercheefe, which say to her did dreyne

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Glossary

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beggar	impoverish, exhaust, drain
blank	make pale, blanch, drain (colour)
channel	open drain, gutter
draw	empty, drain, exhaust
draw	drink deep, drain
kennel	street drain, gutter
lade	drain, bail, empty
quaff	drain a cup in a long draught

Thesaurus

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cup in a long draught, drain a	quaff
drain	beggar
drain	draw
drain	draw
drain	lade
drain	blank
drain a cup in a long draught	quaff
drain, open	channel
drain, street	kennel

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Words Families

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Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
DRAIN	BASIC	drain v

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