Definition of sewer

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Sewer (n.) A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana).

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Sewerage :: Sewerage (n.) The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers..
Trap :: Trap (v. t.) To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5..
Sewer :: Sewer (n.) One who sews, or stitches..
Manhole :: Manhole (n.) A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing..
Sewage :: Sewage (n.) The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewer.
Trap :: Trap (n.) A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids..
Expenitor :: Expenitor (n.) A disburser; especially, one of the disbursers of taxes for the repair of sewers..
Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like..
Sewer :: Sewer (n.) A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities..
Sewerage :: Sewerage (n.) The construction of a sewer or sewers.
Sewage :: Sewage (n.) Sewerage, 2..
Sentine :: Sentine (n.) A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer.
Backwater :: Backwater (n.) Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar..
Sewerage :: Sewerage (n.) The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers..
Sewer :: Sewer (n.) A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana).
Cloaca :: Cloaca (n.) A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome..
Vitiate :: Vitiate (v. t.) To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air..
Flusher :: Flusher (n.) A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water.
Wash :: Wash (n.) Substances collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc..
Shore :: Shore (n.) A sewer.
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