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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.

d moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)

The construction of a sewer or sewers.

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

A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a common weed.

k in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar.

A protecting ruffle or frill, as of silk or lace, sewed close to the lower edge of a skirt on the inside.

w loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. Shak.

A North American rodent, so named because it is said to make a booming noise. See Sewellel.

consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages. [Written also brigantine.] Jer. xlvi. 4. Then put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy helmet, And brigandine of brass. Milton.

wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables. Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. T. Fuller.

A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to oatch bulky matters which would not pass readly throught the sewer. Knight.

To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable. Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to prevent its being chafed. Sir W. Scott.

A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.

See Dasewe [Obs.] Chaucer.

) To make over; to perform a second time. (b) To cover; to spread; to smear. "Boats . . . sewed together and done over with a kind of slimy stuff like rosin." De Foe. -- To do to death, to put to death. (See 7.) [Obs.] -- To do up. (a) To put up; to raise. [Obs.] Chaucer. (b) To pack together and envelop; to pack up.…

That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.