sewer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
    cloaca; sewerage.
  2. noun someone who sews
    • a sewer of fine gowns
  3. noun misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
    toilet; gutter.
    • his career was in the gutter
    • all that work went down the sewer
    • pensions are in the toilet

WordNet

Sew"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who sews, or stitches.
  2. (Zoöl.) A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)
Sew"er noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.
Sew"er noun
Etymology
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. seáw juice, Skr. su to press out.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913