Found 3 items, similar to sewer.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: sewer
comberan, pencomber
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sewer
sewer
n 1: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water [syn:
sewerage,
cloaca]
2: someone who sews;
“a sewer of fine gowns”
3: 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” [syn:
gutter,
toilet]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sewer
Sewer
\Sew"er\, n.
1. One who sews, or stitches.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) 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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Sewer
\Sew"er\, n. [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.]
A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground;
a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.
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Sewer
\Sew"er\, n. [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. se['a]w juice, Skr. su to press out.]
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.
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Then the sewer
Poured water from a great and golden ewer,
That from their hands to a silver caldron ran.
--Chapman.
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