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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.

To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it.

vated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like.

or lessee; especially, a lease granted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any fewer or less number of years than he himself holds; a sublease. Burrill.

A person who inspects a mine daily; -- called also underviewer.

s of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air. A will vitiated and growth out of love with the truth disposes the understanding to error and delusion. South. Without care it may be used to vitiate our minds. Burke. This undistinguishing complaisance…

Substances collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc. The wash of pastures, fields, commons, and roads, where rain water hath a long time settled. Mortimer.

A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person.

A brewery. [R.]