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Sewer - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Sewer : (noun)
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Then the sewer Poured water from a great and golden
ewer, That from their hands to a silver caldron ran.
--Chapman.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sewer : \Sew"er\, n.
1. One who sews, or stitches.
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)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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