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Definition of Sesspools
1. sesspool [n] - See also: sesspool
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sesspools
Literary usage of Sesspools
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rules, Chiefly Deduced from Experiment, for Conducting the Practical by Charles William Pasley (1841)
"Let drains be cut from the reverse of the trenches into all valleys or hollows,
which by being on a lower level can carry off the water; and let sesspools ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Ventilation by Morrill Wyman (1846)
"Sesspools are constructed at intervals of about two hundred feet, both for the
formation of stench-traps and for cleansing the sewers. ..."
3. The New American Gardener; Containing Practical Directions on the Culture of by Thomas Green Fessenden (1828)
"Cleanings of streets, sesspools, &c., ought, therefore, to be liberally supplied
during the growth of the plants, when very large heads are desired. ..."
4. The Architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio by Vitruvius Pollio, Joseph Gwilt (1874)
"... to the free course and discharge of the eaves' waters, the regulations of
sesspools and sewage, and those relating to window lights. ..."
5. Household Hygiene by Sophronia Maria Elliot, American School of Home Economics (1907)
"Private Rouse Disposal Sewage Leaching Sesspools Houses provided with running
water should have advantage of a complete water-carriage system of sewage ..."
6. The New American Gardener, Containing Practical Directions on the Culture of by Thomas Green Fessenden (1842)
"Cleanings of streets, sesspools, &c., ought, therefore, to be liberally supplied
during the growth of the plants, When very large heads are desired. ..."
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