| 单词 | dumb well |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdumb well dumb well n. a well sunk into a porous stratum, to carry off surface water or drainage; also called blind well, dead well. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > other types of drainage > specific type pipe drain1766 air drainage1816 well drain1818 sheep drain1844 pipe drainage1851 dead well1859 mole ditch1860 dumb well1878 1878 J. T. Bunce Hist. B'ham I. 325 The contents of water-closets..pass..into dumb wells. 1888 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 39 272 A dumb well, viz., a well into which waste water flows through a pipe and thence percolates into the soil, is not a ‘drain or watercourse’ within the meaning of the Highway Act 5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 50 §67. < as lemmas |
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