Definition of sewer

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Sewer (n.) A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities..

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Catch-basin :: Catch-basin (n.) A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer..
Flush :: Flush (v. t.) To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer..
Sewer :: Sewer (n.) One who sews, or stitches..
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..
Sentine :: Sentine (n.) A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer.
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..
Sewe :: Sewe (v. i.) To perform the duties of a sewer. See 3d Sewer.
Drain :: Drain (n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
Wash :: Wash (n.) Substances collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc..
Sewage :: Sewage (n.) Sewerage, 2..
Trap :: Trap (v. t.) To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5..
Sewerage :: Sewerage (n.) The construction of a sewer or 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).
Shore :: Shore (n.) A sewer.
Flusher :: Flusher (n.) A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water.
Cloaca :: Cloaca (n.) A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome..
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 drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities..
Sewer :: Sewer (n.) Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests..
Sewerage :: Sewerage (n.) The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers..
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