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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..

Sewage :: Sewage (n.) Sewerage, 2..

Sewe :: Sewe (v. i.) To perform the duties of a sewer. See 3d Sewer.

Backwater :: Backwater (n.) Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar..

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..

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..

Trap :: Trap (v. t.) To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5..

Sewage :: Sewage (n.) The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewer.

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

Expenitor :: Expenitor (n.) A disburser; especially, one of the disbursers of taxes for the repair of sewers..

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..

Flusher :: Flusher (n.) A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water.

Sentine :: Sentine (n.) A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer.

Sewer :: Sewer (n.) One who sews, or stitches..

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).

Sewerage :: Sewerage (n.) The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers..

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..

Drain :: Drain (n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.

Trap :: Trap (n.) A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids..

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