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#*'''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 |
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English
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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
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 17: