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SEWER

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 735 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SCY-SHA
SEWER , a large drain for carrying away by water excreta and other refuse, known therefore collectively as " sewage" (see
SEWERAGE
  below); also, in a wider and older sense, the
term
  for conduits such as are used for the draining of the
fens
 , or of the water-courses, sea-defences, &c., over which the local authorities, known as commissioners of sewers, exercise
jurisdiction
 . In
English
  law a " sewer," as distinguished from a " drain," is that which carries away the sewage of more houses or other buildings than one. Many fanciful derivations of the word have been given, but there seems no doubt that the word is from O. Fr. seuwiere, Med. Lat. seweria, the sluice of a mill-
pond
 , from the
Late
  Lat. ex-aquaria, a means of conducting water out of anything; this is paralleled by Eng. "ewer," a water-jug, which undoubtedly comes from aquaria, through O. Fr. ewe, for water, mod. eau.
The old name " sewer," for a table attendant who placed and removed the dishes from the table, acted as waiter, &c., must be distinguished. In the
household
  ordinances of
Edward
  II. the word seems to appear in the form asseour, and in those of
Edward
  IV. as assewer, an officer of the
household
  who superintended the serving of a banquet. Asseour represents O. Fr. asseoir, to seat, set, Lat. assidere. The word was early connected with " sewe " or sew," juice, broth, pottage, cognate with sucus, juice.


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