still-roomn.

Etymology: still n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstill-room.

(a) Historical. Originally, a room in a house in which a still was kept for the distillation of perfumes and cordials. (b) In later use, a room in which preserves, cakes, liqueurs, etc. are kept, and tea, coffee, etc. are prepared. Also attributive in still-room maid, still-room window.

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the world > food and drink > food > place for storing food > [noun] > for preserves, cakes, or liqueurs

still1533

still-roomc1710

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > utility rooms > specific

still1533

stillatory?1600

still-roomc1710

scullery1753

sink-room1823

wash-kitchen1838

wash-up1869

c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 299 On one side is a building, a summer parlour for a still room.

1810 Malone Let. 30 Jan. in Windham Papers II. 367 Pray, what is the precise notion of a still-room..? I imagine it is a housekeeper's room, where china and stores are kept... I never once heard the word, till I heard it used by a lady, a few months ago.

1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1698 A door in the housekeeper's room should open into the still-room, in which the housekeeper, assisted by the still-room maid, would make preserves, cakes, &c.

1853 C. Dickens Another Round of Stories: Schoolboy's Story in Househ. Words Extra Christmas No., 2/2 She used to give him a good-humoured look out of her still-room window, sometimes.

1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xlv A hundred years ago, every lady in the country had her still-room, and her medicine-chest, her pills, powders, potions, for all the village round.

1862 Draper & Clothier III. 9/2 This agreeable lady..announced herself as ‘Mrs. Brown, the still-room maid’... Mrs. Brown had to take charge of vast quantities of stores in daily use,—goods sent in from grocers, oilmen, chandlers, and tradesmen of that class.

1865 J. B. Harwood Lady Flavia xlvi There was babbling in milliners' work-rooms, and in what are facetiously called the still-rooms of country mansions.

1901 Daily Chron. 10 Sept. 10/6 Still-room Maid..wanted immediately.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 7 June 12/1 The still-room of the House of Commons is badly situated, and has but a small window through which to pass supplies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	still-room
释义	still-roomn. Etymology: still n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstill-room. (a) Historical. Originally, a room in a house in which a still was kept for the distillation of perfumes and cordials. (b) In later use, a room in which preserves, cakes, liqueurs, etc. are kept, and tea, coffee, etc. are prepared. Also attributive in still-room maid, still-room window. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > place for storing food > [noun] > for preserves, cakes, or liqueurs still1533 still-roomc1710 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > utility rooms > specific still1533 stillatory?1600 still-roomc1710 scullery1753 sink-room1823 wash-kitchen1838 wash-up1869 c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 299 On one side is a building, a summer parlour for a still room. 1810 Malone Let. 30 Jan. in Windham Papers II. 367 Pray, what is the precise notion of a still-room..? I imagine it is a housekeeper's room, where china and stores are kept... I never once heard the word, till I heard it used by a lady, a few months ago. 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1698 A door in the housekeeper's room should open into the still-room, in which the housekeeper, assisted by the still-room maid, would make preserves, cakes, &c. 1853 C. Dickens Another Round of Stories: Schoolboy's Story in Househ. Words Extra Christmas No., 2/2 She used to give him a good-humoured look out of her still-room window, sometimes. 1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xlv A hundred years ago, every lady in the country had her still-room, and her medicine-chest, her pills, powders, potions, for all the village round. 1862 Draper & Clothier III. 9/2 This agreeable lady..announced herself as ‘Mrs. Brown, the still-room maid’... Mrs. Brown had to take charge of vast quantities of stores in daily use,—goods sent in from grocers, oilmen, chandlers, and tradesmen of that class. 1865 J. B. Harwood Lady Flavia xlvi There was babbling in milliners' work-rooms, and in what are facetiously called the still-rooms of country mansions. 1901 Daily Chron. 10 Sept. 10/6 Still-room Maid..wanted immediately. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 7 June 12/1 The still-room of the House of Commons is badly situated, and has but a small window through which to pass supplies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1710
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