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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Cess-pool

Cēss'-pōōl, n.

noun

(26), n. [See SESS-POOL.] A cavity sunk in the earth, to receive and retain the sediment of water conveyed in drains. [Written also sess-pool.]

Sēss'-pool, n.

noun

n. [From A. S. sess, a settle, a seat, session, to settle, sit. Cf. CESS-POOL.] A cavity sunk in the earth to receive and retain the sediment of water conveyed in drains; a cess-pool.