Word Meanings - SEWE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To perform the duties of a sewer. See 3d Sewer.

PERFORMANCE
The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty. Promises are not binding where the performance is impossible. Paley.
PERFORM
parfornir, parfournir, to finish, complete; OF. & F. par + fournir to finish, complete. The word has been influenced by form; 1. To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do. I will cry unto God most
SEWERAGE
1. The construction of a sewer or sewers. 2. The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers.
PERFORMER
One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfills; as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp.
SEWER
A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana) (more info) 1. One who sews, or stitches.
PERFORMABLE
Admitting of being performed, done, or executed; practicable.
NONPERFORMANCE
Neglect or failure to perform.