Definition for SEW'ER

SEW'ER, n.1 [G. anzucht; perhaps from the root of suck, or L. sicco. But Elmes deduces the word from the old French asscour.]

A drain or passage to convey off water under ground; a subterraneous canal, particularly in cities; corruptly pronounced shoer or soer.

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