sewagen.

Brit.

/ˈs(j)uːɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈsuɪdʒ/

Etymology: Formed after sewer n.¹ (apprehended as a derivative with -er suffix¹) by substitution of suffix: see -age suffix. The assumed verb-stem implicit in this formation coincides in form and sense with sew v.⁴, but, unless the noun is much older than the evidence shows, it was probably framed without any knowledge of the verb as having been actually used.

1. Refuse matter conveyed in sewers.

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > [noun] > drainage by means of

sewage1834

sewerage1834

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dirt removed in cleaning > sewage

sullage1553

soil1603

sulliage1667

sewage1834

sewerage1851

waste water1979

1834 Rep. Sel. Comm. Metrop. Sewers 169 A grating..through which the lighter and thinner parts of the sewage would rise.

1849 in Mechanics' Mag. Aug. (1850) 177/1 The separation of the sewage from the surface waters.

1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 25 Shallow wells are very apt to be contaminated..by sewage soaking from cesspits.

figurative.1868 Sat. Rev. 5 Dec. 749/1 (art.) Newspaper Sewage.1884 Bookseller 6 Nov. 1190l/1 The literary sewage which is pouring forth from the Paris press.

2. = sewerage n. 1, 2 rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > [noun] > sewer > collectively

sewage1834

sewerage1834

1834 Rep. Sel. Comm. Metrop. Sewers 136 The public have..built more sewage within the same level and the same term of years.

1834 Rep. Sel. Comm. Metrop. Sewers 182 Have you any communication to make..respecting the want of sewage in Holloway?

1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Sewerage, Sewage, The system of sewers or subterranean conduits for receiving and carrying off the superfluous water and filth of a city; as, the sewage of the city of London.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

sewage disposal n.

1873 Practitioner XI. 381 The health-aspect of sewage disposal.

1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 970 Sewage disposal labourer.

1930 Times (Weekly ed.) 9 Jan. 34 A large scale sewage disposal works.

1939 Country Life 11 Feb. p. xxi/1 (advt.) Sewage disposal for country houses, factories, farms, etc.

1978 J. Wainwright Thief of Time 29 The septic tank..forms part of the sewage-disposal system of the bungalow.

sewage-outfall n.

1858 Prel. Rep. Comm. Sewage Towns 11 The present state of sewage outfalls.

sewage-question n.

1850 Mechanics' Mag. Aug. 177/1 The Metropolitan Sewage question.

sewage-water n.

1854 Bazalgette & Haywood Rep. to Metrop. Sewers Comm. 5 The commercial value of sewage water, and the cost of its conversion into dry manure.

sewage-works n.

1884 Punch 16 Feb. 82/1 The Vestry strongly object to sewage-works being there erected.

C2.

sewage farm n. a farm on which sewage irrigation is practised.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > [noun] > other farms

home farm1749

city farm1750

county farm1785

factory farm1824

bird farm1842

provision farm1846

spade-farm1848

bush-farm1851

poor farm1852

sewage farm1870

cacao farm1871

mixed farm1872

vertical farm1897

prison farm1961

nuplex1968

1870 W. H. Corfield Treatm. Sewage 234 Examples of Sewage Farms.

sewage farming n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > sewage irrigation

sewage farming1870

sewage irrigation1870

sewaging1894

1870 W. H. Corfield Treatm. Sewage 271 Influence of Sewage-Farming on the public health.

sewage grass n. grass grown on land fertilized by sewage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > other crops

fleece1513

white crop1743

green crop1744

root crop1772

row crop1776

robber1777

mix-grass1778

breaking-crop1808

industrial crop1818

foliage crop1831

kharifa1836

scourge-crop1842

overcrop1858

by-crop1880

coppice-with-standards1882

sewage grass1888

trap-crop1899

cleaning crop1900

nurse crop1907

cover crop1909

smother crop1920

stoop crop1928

snatch crop1937

break crop1967

wholecrop1968

1888 Science 30 Mar. 156/1 Sewage-grass is very inferior to normal herbage.

sewage irrigation n. the system of disposing of liquid sewage by turning it on to land.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > sewage irrigation

sewage farming1870

sewage irrigation1870

sewaging1894

1870 W. H. Corfield Treatm. Sewage 237 Near Edinburgh, sewage irrigation has been going on for the last 200 years.

sewage-irrigated adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > manured or fertilized

dungedOE

marledc1265

mucked1290

chavedc1420

dungyc1450

manured1551

fatted1552

folded1579

chalked1598

battled1600

seasoned1604

limed1707

sanded1707

fattened1725

sooted1776

wared1795

littery1805

plastered1819

nitred1822

gypsumed1841

nitrated1841

sewaged1861

sewage-irrigated1867

1867 B. Latham Purif. Sewage 10 The sewage-irrigated farm of Beddington.

sewage lagoon n. North American = lagoon n.¹ 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > sewage treatment > [noun] > use of cesspools or lagoons > cesspool or pit

sink1413

midden pita1425

sinkhole1456

suspiralc1512

sentine1537

dung pit1598

muck pit1598

sinker1623

bumby1632

sump1680

sump hole1754

jaw-hole1760

recess1764

cesspool1783

dead-hole1856

soil-tank1861

cesspit1864

lagoon1909

sewage lagoon1930

1930 S. H. Adams Mod. Sewage Disposal & Hygienics Index 472/2 Sewage lagoon.

1958 Progress (Preeceville, Sask.) 28 May 1/6 Northwest of town the earthwork for the sewage lagoon has been completed.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 30 June 4- d/3 Froid's water, sewer and sewage-lagoon systems.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sewage
释义	sewagen. Brit. /ˈs(j)uːɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈsuɪdʒ/ Etymology: Formed after sewer n.¹ (apprehended as a derivative with -er suffix¹) by substitution of suffix: see -age suffix. The assumed verb-stem implicit in this formation coincides in form and sense with sew v.⁴, but, unless the noun is much older than the evidence shows, it was probably framed without any knowledge of the verb as having been actually used. 1. Refuse matter conveyed in sewers. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > [noun] > drainage by means of sewage1834 sewerage1834 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dirt removed in cleaning > sewage sullage1553 soil1603 sulliage1667 sewage1834 sewerage1851 waste water1979 1834 Rep. Sel. Comm. Metrop. Sewers 169 A grating..through which the lighter and thinner parts of the sewage would rise. 1849 in Mechanics' Mag. Aug. (1850) 177/1 The separation of the sewage from the surface waters. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 25 Shallow wells are very apt to be contaminated..by sewage soaking from cesspits. figurative.1868 Sat. Rev. 5 Dec. 749/1 (art.) Newspaper Sewage.1884 Bookseller 6 Nov. 1190l/1 The literary sewage which is pouring forth from the Paris press. 2. = sewerage n. 1, 2 rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > [noun] > sewer > collectively sewage1834 sewerage1834 1834 Rep. Sel. Comm. Metrop. Sewers 136 The public have..built more sewage within the same level and the same term of years. 1834 Rep. Sel. Comm. Metrop. Sewers 182 Have you any communication to make..respecting the want of sewage in Holloway? 1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Sewerage, Sewage, The system of sewers or subterranean conduits for receiving and carrying off the superfluous water and filth of a city; as, the sewage of the city of London. Compounds C1. General attributive. sewage disposal n. Π 1873 Practitioner XI. 381 The health-aspect of sewage disposal. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 970 Sewage disposal labourer. 1930 Times (Weekly ed.) 9 Jan. 34 A large scale sewage disposal works. 1939 Country Life 11 Feb. p. xxi/1 (advt.) Sewage disposal for country houses, factories, farms, etc. 1978 J. Wainwright Thief of Time 29 The septic tank..forms part of the sewage-disposal system of the bungalow. sewage-outfall n. Π 1858 Prel. Rep. Comm. Sewage Towns 11 The present state of sewage outfalls. sewage-question n. Π 1850 Mechanics' Mag. Aug. 177/1 The Metropolitan Sewage question. sewage-water n. Π 1854 Bazalgette & Haywood Rep. to Metrop. Sewers Comm. 5 The commercial value of sewage water, and the cost of its conversion into dry manure. sewage-works n. Π 1884 Punch 16 Feb. 82/1 The Vestry strongly object to sewage-works being there erected. C2. sewage farm n. a farm on which sewage irrigation is practised. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > [noun] > other farms home farm1749 city farm1750 county farm1785 factory farm1824 bird farm1842 provision farm1846 spade-farm1848 bush-farm1851 poor farm1852 sewage farm1870 cacao farm1871 mixed farm1872 vertical farm1897 prison farm1961 nuplex1968 1870 W. H. Corfield Treatm. Sewage 234 Examples of Sewage Farms. sewage farming n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > sewage irrigation sewage farming1870 sewage irrigation1870 sewaging1894 1870 W. H. Corfield Treatm. Sewage 271 Influence of Sewage-Farming on the public health. sewage grass n. grass grown on land fertilized by sewage. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > other crops fleece1513 white crop1743 green crop1744 root crop1772 row crop1776 robber1777 mix-grass1778 breaking-crop1808 industrial crop1818 foliage crop1831 kharifa1836 scourge-crop1842 overcrop1858 by-crop1880 coppice-with-standards1882 sewage grass1888 trap-crop1899 cleaning crop1900 nurse crop1907 cover crop1909 smother crop1920 stoop crop1928 snatch crop1937 break crop1967 wholecrop1968 1888 Science 30 Mar. 156/1 Sewage-grass is very inferior to normal herbage. sewage irrigation n. the system of disposing of liquid sewage by turning it on to land. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > sewage irrigation sewage farming1870 sewage irrigation1870 sewaging1894 1870 W. H. Corfield Treatm. Sewage 237 Near Edinburgh, sewage irrigation has been going on for the last 200 years. sewage-irrigated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > manured or fertilized dungedOE marledc1265 mucked1290 chavedc1420 dungyc1450 manured1551 fatted1552 folded1579 chalked1598 battled1600 seasoned1604 limed1707 sanded1707 fattened1725 sooted1776 wared1795 littery1805 plastered1819 nitred1822 gypsumed1841 nitrated1841 sewaged1861 sewage-irrigated1867 1867 B. Latham Purif. Sewage 10 The sewage-irrigated farm of Beddington. sewage lagoon n. North American = lagoon n.¹ 4. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > sewage treatment > [noun] > use of cesspools or lagoons > cesspool or pit sink1413 midden pita1425 sinkhole1456 suspiralc1512 sentine1537 dung pit1598 muck pit1598 sinker1623 bumby1632 sump1680 sump hole1754 jaw-hole1760 recess1764 cesspool1783 dead-hole1856 soil-tank1861 cesspit1864 lagoon1909 sewage lagoon1930 1930 S. H. Adams Mod. Sewage Disposal & Hygienics Index 472/2 Sewage lagoon. 1958 Progress (Preeceville, Sask.) 28 May 1/6 Northwest of town the earthwork for the sewage lagoon has been completed. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 30 June 4- d/3 Froid's water, sewer and sewage-lagoon systems. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sewagev. Brit. /ˈs(j)uːɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈsuɪdʒ/ Etymology: < sewage n. 1. transitive. To irrigate or fertilize with sewage. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > fertilize or manure [verb (transitive)] > irrigate with sewage sewage1861 1861 2nd Rep. Comm. Sewage Towns 24 Plot 2. To be irrigated with sewage at the rate of 3,000 tons per acre per annum. Plot 3. To be sewaged at the rate of 6,000 tons per acre per annum. 1880 H. Robinson Sewage Disposal 25 Weeds which are a source of trouble and expense on sewaged land. 2. To furnish with sewers, drain with sewers. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > provide with sewers [verb (transitive)] sewer1854 sewage1884 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Dec. 11/2 The streets..are badly paved, abominably sewaged [etc.]. 1887 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VI. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834v.1861
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sewagen.

Compounds

sewagev.