Found 5 hits - Term: sewer, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sewer \sew"er\, n.
1. one who sews, or stitches.
1913 webster
2. zool. a small tortricid moth whose larva sews together
the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf
sewer phoxopteris nubeculana
1913 webster
see also:
phoxopteris nubeculana
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
see also:
ewer aquarium
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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'aw 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.
1913 webster
then the sewer
poured water from a great and golden ewer,
that from their hands to a silver caldron ran.
--chapman.
1913 webster
see also:
sit
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
sewerage cloaca gutter toilet
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
49 moby thesaurus words for "sewer":
singer, abri, antre, bog, bunker, burrow, cave, cavern, cesspool,
cloaca, cloaca maxima, cove, drain, dugout, dump, foxhole,
garbage dump, garmentmaker, grot, grotto, gutter, headchute, hole,
kennel, lair, marsh, mire, needleman, needler, needlewoman,
needleworker, piscina, quagmire, scupper, seamster, seamstress,
sempster, septic tank, sewing machine, sink, sluice, sough,
subterrane, subway, sump, swamp, tailor, tunnel, warren
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sewer+gas_pag1.html DC Water and Sewer Authority
...DC Water and Sewer Authority Home | Site Map | Privacy | ... ..
http://www.dcwasa.com/, score=100, date indexed=January 19, 2006, 4:27 pm Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
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http://www.msd.st-louis.mo.us/, score=100, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 2:48 am Cinema Sewer
...CInema Sewer interviews THE DEVIL INSIDE HER star, Jody Maxwell about ... Cinema Sewer is the film journal yo' mama warned you about. Editor and ... ..
http://www.cinemasewer.com/, score=97, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 10:31 pm Welcome to MSD
...Development Project Status. *Apportionment warrants (sewer liens). * ... ..
http://www.msdlouky.org/, score=95, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 12:32 pm Visu-Sewer Clean & Seal, Inc. THE PIPELINE PROFESSIONALS
...visu-info@visu-sewer.com visu-info@visu-sewer.com. visu-info@visu- ... We offer a complete range of services for sewer inspection, ... ..
http://www.visu-sewer.com/, score=94, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 3:01 pm Opensewer.com
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http://www.opensewer.com/, score=94, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 10:14 pm Boston Water and Sewer Commission
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http://www.bwsc.org/, score=93, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 2:15 pm msdgc.org: The Metropolitan Sewer District
...Metropolitan Sewer District. The Metropolitan Sewer District of ... Sewer Emergencies. If you are having a sewer emergency, including a ... ..
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