dumb-waitern.

Etymology: see dumb adj. 8.

1. An article of dining-room furniture, intended to dispense with the services of a waiter at table. In its typical form, an upright pole bearing one or more revolving trays or shelves. On these are placed dishes and other table requisites, which can thus readily be got at as required. Other simpler forms have also been used.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > stand > [noun] > revolving stand

dumb-waiter1749

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 160 A bottle of burgundy, with the other necessaries, were set on a dumb-waiter.

a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) II. iii. 49 As soon as Supper was over, Glasses and a Bottle of Burgundy with a Flask of Champaign, was laid on the Table, with a Supply of those Wines on a Dumb-Waiter.

1779 J. Boswell in P. Fitzgerald Life J. Boswell (1891) 265 We dined in all the elegance of two courses and a dessert, with dumb waiters.

1824 W. Scott Let. 14 Apr. (1935) VIII. 253 A tier of tables rising..like the shelves of a dumb waiter.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. vii. 108 A capacious dumb-waiter, with a variety of bottles and decanters on it.

1884 J. H. Shorthouse Little Schoolmaster Mark ii. vii Dumb waiters..were placed by the table's side, and the servants left the room.

2. ‘A movable frame, by which dishes, etc. are passed from one room or story of a house to another.’ (Webster, 1864.) originally U.S.[‘So called in my father's house.’ F. Hall.]

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the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > utensils for serving > food-lift

rising cupboard1833

waiter1833

dumb-waiter1847

dish-lift1859

food lift1888

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 372/2 When the kitchen is in the basement, the dumb-waiter is made to rise and fall by means of pulleys and weights.

1856 F. S. Cozzens Sparrowgrass Papers vi. 68 We have put a dumb waiter in our house.

1876 J. S. Ingram Centennial Exposition iii. 69 The general kitchen whence the food is distributed throughout the upper stories by means of dumb waiters.

1890 Harper's Mag. Apr. 744/1 She clutched the door of the dumb-waiter, which stood ajar.

1903 A. H. Lewis Boss vi. 69 There's a dumb waiter from the bar to send up beer and smokes.

1960 H. Pinter Dumb Waiter 16 Disclosed is a serving-hatch, a ‘dumb waiter’. A wide box is held by pulleys.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	dumb-waiter
释义	dumb-waitern. Etymology: see dumb adj. 8. 1. An article of dining-room furniture, intended to dispense with the services of a waiter at table. In its typical form, an upright pole bearing one or more revolving trays or shelves. On these are placed dishes and other table requisites, which can thus readily be got at as required. Other simpler forms have also been used. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > stand > [noun] > revolving stand dumb-waiter1749 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 160 A bottle of burgundy, with the other necessaries, were set on a dumb-waiter. a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) II. iii. 49 As soon as Supper was over, Glasses and a Bottle of Burgundy with a Flask of Champaign, was laid on the Table, with a Supply of those Wines on a Dumb-Waiter. 1779 J. Boswell in P. Fitzgerald Life J. Boswell (1891) 265 We dined in all the elegance of two courses and a dessert, with dumb waiters. 1824 W. Scott Let. 14 Apr. (1935) VIII. 253 A tier of tables rising..like the shelves of a dumb waiter. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. vii. 108 A capacious dumb-waiter, with a variety of bottles and decanters on it. 1884 J. H. Shorthouse Little Schoolmaster Mark ii. vii Dumb waiters..were placed by the table's side, and the servants left the room. 2. ‘A movable frame, by which dishes, etc. are passed from one room or story of a house to another.’ (Webster, 1864.) originally U.S.[‘So called in my father's house.’ F. Hall.] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > utensils for serving > food-lift rising cupboard1833 waiter1833 dumb-waiter1847 dish-lift1859 food lift1888 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 372/2 When the kitchen is in the basement, the dumb-waiter is made to rise and fall by means of pulleys and weights. 1856 F. S. Cozzens Sparrowgrass Papers vi. 68 We have put a dumb waiter in our house. 1876 J. S. Ingram Centennial Exposition iii. 69 The general kitchen whence the food is distributed throughout the upper stories by means of dumb waiters. 1890 Harper's Mag. Apr. 744/1 She clutched the door of the dumb-waiter, which stood ajar. 1903 A. H. Lewis Boss vi. 69 There's a dumb waiter from the bar to send up beer and smokes. 1960 H. Pinter Dumb Waiter 16 Disclosed is a serving-hatch, a ‘dumb waiter’. A wide box is held by pulleys. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1749
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