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underdrain
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underdrain, n.
An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above. [1913 Webster]
underdrain, v. t.
To drain by forming an underdrain or underdrains in; as, to underdrain land. [1913 Webster]
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