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==English== |
==English== |
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===Alternative forms=== |
===Alternative forms=== |
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*[[close stoole]], [[close stool]], [[closestool]] |
* [[close stoole]], [[close stool]], [[closestool]] |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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# {{historical}} A [[chamber pot]] enclosed in a [[stool]] or [[box]]; a [[commode]]. |
# {{historical}} A [[chamber pot]] enclosed in a [[stool]] or [[box]]; a [[commode]]. |
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#*'''1603''', John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, ''Essays'', Folio Society 2006, p. 17: |
#* '''1603''', John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, ''Essays'', Folio Society 2006, p. 17: |
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#*:other Princes, [...] to dispatch their weightiest affaires make often their '''close stoole''', their regall Throne or Councel-chamber |
#*: other Princes, [...] to dispatch their weightiest affaires make often their '''close stoole''', their regall Throne or Councel-chamber |
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#* '''2003,''' [[w:Mercedes Lackey|Mercedes Lackey/James Mallory]], ''[[w:The Obsidian Trilogy|The Outstretched Shadow]]'' |
#* '''2003,''' [[w:Mercedes Lackey|Mercedes Lackey/James Mallory]], ''[[w:The Obsidian Trilogy|The Outstretched Shadow]]'' |
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#*:"No more midnight treks to the outhouse. No more close-stools or thundermugs a feature of even the most exalted houses in Armethalieh." |
#*: "No more midnight treks to the outhouse. No more close-stools or thundermugs a feature of even the most exalted houses in Armethalieh." |
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Revision as of 08:41, 4 July 2011
English
Alternative forms
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Noun
close-stool (plural close-stools)
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A chamber pot enclosed in a stool or box; a commode.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 17:
- other Princes, [...] to dispatch their weightiest affaires make often their close stoole, their regall Throne or Councel-chamber
- 2003, Mercedes Lackey/James Mallory, The Outstretched Shadow
- "No more midnight treks to the outhouse. No more close-stools or thundermugs a feature of even the most exalted houses in Armethalieh."
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 17: