| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Elkington system | Building & Civil Engineering | A system of tile drains similar to the cutoff system and used for the same purpose, viz. to intercept seepage water, but has, in additions, wells dug at regular intervals to let the water come up from a lower stratum and enter the drain. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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