Sesspool

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sesspool \Sess"pool`\, n. [Prov. E. suss hogwash, soss a dirty
     mess, a puddle + E. pool a puddle; cf. Gael. ses a coarse
     mess.]
     Same as {Cesspool}.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.]
     [1913 Webster]