syren.
/ˈsʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈsaɪ(ə)r/, Scottish English /saɪr/ Scottish and northern dialect.
A gutter, drain, sewer.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > [noun] > sewer
cockey1390
gutterc1440
soughc1440
sew1475
withdraught1493
sink1499
syre1513
closet1531
draught1533
vault1533
drain1552
fleet1583
issue1588
drainer1598
guzzle1598
shore1598
sewer1609
vennel1641
cloaca1656
cuniculus1670
pend1817
thurrock1847
sewer line1977
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > ditch
dikec893
gripa1000
ditch1045
fosselOE
water-furrowlOE
sow1316
furrowc1330
rick1332
sewer1402
gripplec1440
soughc1440
grindle1463
sheugh1513
syre1513
rain?1523
trench1523
slough1532
drain1552
fowsie?1553
thorougha1555
rean1591
potting1592
trink1592
syver1606
graft1644
work1649
by-ditch1650
water fence1651
master drain1652
rode1662
pudge1671
gripe1673
sulcus1676
rhine1698
rilling1725
mine1743
foot trench1765
through1777
trench drain1779
trenchlet1782
sunk fence1786
float1790
foot drain1795
tail-drain1805
flow-dike1812
groopa1825
holla1825
thorough drain1824
yawner1832
acequia madre1835
drove1844
leader1844
furrow-drain1858
1513 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 523 To cast ane scyoure on the est syd of the place.
1601 Charter in G. Dallas System Stiles (1697) 769 For..upholding of Sinks, Syers, Gutters, Eyes [etc.].
1610 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 142/1 Lie airhoillis, staires, pottis, sinkis, syoures, lang-syouris, eyis, watter~gangis.
1643 in Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1881) II. 55 To calsey betuixt ther owne lands and the sayer.
a1682 F. Sempill Banishm. Poverty in J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems (1706) i. 12 He and I lap o're many a Syre.
a1823 G. Beattie John o' Arnha' (1826) 95 Let loathsome toads squat in a syre.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Sire, a sewer, a runner of water.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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