‖n. [ G., fr. drei three + bund league. ] A triple alliance; specif., the alliance of Germany, Austria, and Italy, formed in 1882. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. i. To drain. [ Obs. ] Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖prop. n. [ NL. Named after Dreyssen, a Belgian physician. ] (Zool.) A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (Dreissena polymorpha) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters of Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]