1) Center of moral corruption 2) Cesspit 3) Cistern 4) Exclusively Anglo word 5) Exclusively Saxon word 6) Sink 7) Sump 8) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 9) Word of purely Anglo origin
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1) Cesspit 2) Drain 3) Sty 4) Sump
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• (n.) A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth.
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(from the article `environmental works`) ...most wastes were simply dumped into gutters to be flushed through the drains by floods. Toilets (water closets) were installed in houses in the ...
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Cess'pool` (-pōl`)
noun [ See
Sesspol .] A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth. [ Written also
sesspool .]
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n] - a covered cistern
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A watertight chamber in which sewage effluent is collected. In some cases, an outlet is provided from the cesspool to allow soakage into surrounding ground. Otherwise, it must be emptied at regular intervals, a service usually provided by the Local Authority for which a charge is made.
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cesspit noun a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
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a cistern, well, or pit for retaining the sediment of a drain or for receiving the sewage from a house. · any filthy receptacle or place. · any place of moral filth or immorality: a cesspool of iniquity.
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