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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. One who sews, or stitches.

2. A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: noun (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. Then the sewer Poured water from a great and golden ewer, That from their hands to a silver caldron ran. Chapman.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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