Definition of Sewerages

1. sewerage [n] - See also: sewerage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sewerages

sewed up
sewel
sewellel
sewellels
sewels
sewen
sewens
sewer
sewer gas
sewer line
sewer main
sewer rat
sewer system
sewer water
sewerage
sewerages (current term)
sewered
sewering
sewerings
sewerless
sewerlike
sewerman
sewermen
sewers
sewin
sewing
sewing-machine
sewing-machine operator
sewing-machine stitch
sewing basket

Literary usage of Sewerages

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"It would, for example, greatly facilitate draining, however extensive the Kale, whether in the department of sewerages, or for drying land. ..."

2. American Agriculturist (1844)
"... as liquid drainings from cattle-sheds and manure-heaps —sewerages of towns—waste of manufactures of woollen, flax, soap, gas, sugar, tanning, &c., &c. ..."

3. A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815 by Spencer Walpole (1890)
"... dunghills lie in the vicinity of the dwellings; and, from the extremely defective sewerages, filth of every kind constantly accumulates. ..."

4. Russia, To-day and To-morrow by Pavel Nikolaevich Mili︠u︡kov (1922)
"... of decay of municipal enterprises, such as waterworks, sewerages, lighting systems, tramways, etc., are too well-known to be dwelt upon. ..."

5. A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815 by Spencer Walpole (1886)
"In many there is scarcely any ventilation ; dunghills lie in the vicinity of the dwellings ; and, from the extremely defective sewerages, filth of every ..."

6. A Treatise of the Law of Waters: Including the Law Relating to Rights in the by Humphry William Woolrych (1853)
"Powers over engines and sewerages were given them, provided they did not meddle with any of the works of the Black Sluice Commissioners. ..."

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