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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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  1. 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.
  2. n. a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
  3. n:100 n. a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it