Wilcox County was relatively young when the Civil War (1861-65) began, but its citizens supported the war effort by sending their sons and husbands to fight. Confederate president Jefferson Davis camped on May 8, 1865, at Abbeville during his flight through Wilcox County at the end of the war, two nights before his capture by Union forces in Irwinville.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Drain. drÄn, v.t. to draw off by degrees: to filter: to clear of water by drains: to make dry: to drink dry: to exhaust.âv.i. to flow off gradually.ân. a watercourse: a ditch: a sewer: (slang) a drink: exhausting expenditure.âadj.
Open Drain - A natural watercourse or constructed open channel that conveys drainage water. Orifice Flow â The flow of water controlled by pressure into an opening that is submerged. Overland Flow â A combination of sheet flow, shallow concentrated flow, and/or open channel flow.