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Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. [Obs.] Gower. I will not tell of their strange sewes. Chaucer.

The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers

To perform the duties of a sewer. See 3d Sewer. [Obs.]

A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place. Halliwell.

A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidæ. Ca…

A British trout usually regarded as a variety (var. Cambricus) of the salmon trout.

One who sews, or stitches.

The construction of a sewer or sewers.

Same as Sewen.

The act or occupation of one who sews.

A seamstress. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Srubs and bushes upon which animals browse.

A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey.

A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice.

evel of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground. But that broad causeway will direct your way. Dryden. The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate. Milton.

Having a raised way (causeway or causey); paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.

Brushwood; coppice. Macaulay.

To become dim-sighted; to become dazed or dazzled. [Obs.] Chauscer.

In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere.

To some, or any, other place; as, you will have to go elsewhither for it. R. of Gloucester."For elsewhither was I bound." Carlyle.