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SEWER
sewer, sewerage, cloaca
(noun) a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
sewer
(noun) someone who sews; “a sewer of fine gowns”
gutter, sewer, toilet
(noun) misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; “his career was in the gutter”; “all that work went down the sewer”; “pensions are in the toilet”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
sewer (plural sewers)
A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
Verb
sewer (third-person singular simple present sewers, present participle sewering, simple past and past participle sewered)
(transitive) To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.
Etymology 2
Noun
sewer (plural sewers)
(now historical) A servant attending at a meal who is responsible for seating arrangements, serving dishes, etc.
Etymology 3
Noun
sewer (plural sewers)
One who sews.
A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk.
Synonyms
• (one who sews): sempster/sempstress (man/woman), seamster/seamstress (man/woman), tailor
Anagrams
• Ewers, Weser, ewers, re-sew, resew, sweer, weres
Source: Wiktionary
Sew"er, n.
1. One who sews, or stitches.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)
Sew"er, n. Etym: [OF. sewiere, seuwiere, ultimately fr. L. ex out + a derivative of aqua water; cf. OF. essevour a drain, essever, esseuwer, essiaver, to cause to flow, to drain, to flow, LL. exaquatorium a channel through which water runs off. Cf. Ewer, Aquarium.]
Definition: A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.
Sew"er, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. assewer, and asseour, OF. asseour, F. asseoir to seat, to set, L. assidere to sit by; ad + sedere to sit (cf. Sit); or cf. OE. sew pottage, sauce, boiled meat, AS. seáw juice, Skr. su to press out.]
Definition: 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. Then the sewer Poured water from a great and golden ewer, That from their hands to a silver caldron ran. Chapman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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