Definition of Sewers. Meaning of Sewers. Synonyms of Sewers

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Definition of Sewers

Sewer
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.
Sewer
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)

Meaning of Sewers from wikipedia

- up sewer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sewer commonly refers to a part of sewerage, the infrastructure that conveys sewage. Types of sewers include:...
- The sewer alligator is a colloquial term for alligators that live in sewers outside alligators' native range. Some cities in which sewer alligators have...
- is that they avoid combined sewer overflows. Sanitary sewers are typically much smaller in diameter than combined sewers which also transport urban runoff...
- the sewers, or "sanitary sewers") that convey the sewage from the point of production to the point of treatment or discharge. Types of sanitary sewer systems...
- Sewer socialism refers to the American socialist movement that centered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from around 1892 to 1960. The moniker was coined by Morris...
- Paris sewers." Norton later corrected himself and said he found out that Brioski was the man who "condemned the Paris sewers." The Paris Sewer Museum...
- treatment plant. Pressure sewers are typically used where properties are located below the level of the nearest gravity sewer or are located on difficult...
- drains are separate and distinct from sanitary sewer systems. The separation of storm sewers from sanitary sewers helps prevent sewage treatment plants becoming...
- Commission of Sewers St Katherine's Commission of Sewers Poplar and Blackwall Commission of Sewers Holborn and Finsbury Commission of Sewers Westminster...
- 13 July 1870. The intercepting sewers, constructed between 1859 and 1865, were fed by 450 miles (720 km) of main sewers that, in turn, conve**** the contents...