sewer

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. An artificial, usually underground conduit for carrying off sewage or rainwater.
2. n. A medieval servant who supervised the serving of meals.
3. n. One that sews: a sewer of fine clothing.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. One who sews or uses the needle.
2. n. Specifically.
3. n. In bookbinding, the operator, usually a woman, who sews together the sections of a book.
4. n. In entomology, the larva of a tortricid moth, one of the leaf-rollers or leaf-folders, as Phoxopteris nubeculana, the. apple-leaf sewer.
5. n. A person charged with the service of the table, especially a head servant or upper servant in such a capacity.
6. n. A conduit or canal constructed, especially in a town or city, to carry off superfluous water, soil, and other matters; a public drain.
7. n. In anatomy and zoology, a cloaca.
8. To drain by means of sewers; provide with sewers.
9. To empty as a sewer; discharge sewage.

Wiktionary

1. n. A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
2. n. now historical A servant attending at a meal, responsible for seating arrangements, serving dishes etc.
3. n. A person who sews.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. One who sews, or stitches.
2. n. (Zoöl.) A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk
3. n. A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.
4. n. 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.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
2. n. someone who sews
3. n. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money