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Outfall   Listen
noun
Outfall  n.  
1.
The mouth of a river; the lower end of a water course; the open end of a drain, culvert, etc., where the discharge occurs.
2.
A quarrel; a falling out. (Prov. Eng.)






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"Outfall" Quotes from Famous Books



... present favourable to the Park and to the Observatory. The South-Eastern Railway Company has made an arrangement with the Metropolitan Board of Works for shifting the course of the great Southern Outfall Sewer. This enables the Company to trace a new line for the railway, passing on the north side of London Street, at such a distance from the Observatory as to remove all cause of alarm. I understand that the Bill, which was unopposed, has passed the Committee of the House ...
— Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy • George Biddell Airy



Words linked to "Outfall" :   way out, issue, exit



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