A high resistance connected across the dc output of a high-voltage power supply which serves to discharge the filter capacitors after the power supply has been turned off, and to provide a stabilizing load.

A connection located at a low place in an air line or a gasoline container so that, by means of a small valve, the condensed water or other liquid can be drained or bled off from the line or container without discharging the air or gas.

1. A person subject to frequent hemorrhages, as a hemophiliac.

2. A blood vessel from which there is persistent uncontrolled bleeding.

3. A blood vessel which has escaped closure by cautery or ligature during a surgical procedure.

An incomplete casting that results from some molten metal draining out of the mold cavity after pouring has ceased.