Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cesspool"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cesspool \Cess"pool`\ (-p[=oo]l`), n. [See {Sesspol}.]
A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to
collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any
receptacle of filth. [Written also {sesspool}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cesspool
n : a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it [syn:
{cesspit}, {sink}, {sump}]
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