About The Word Scullery
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Scullery
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What's The Definition Of Scullery?
[n] a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done
Synonyms | Synonyms for Scullery: Related Terms | Find terms related to Scullery: See Also | room Scullery In Webster's Dictionary \Scul"ler*y\, n.; pl. {Sculleries}. [Probably
originally, a place for washing dishes, and for swillery, fr.
OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian (see {Swill} to wash, to
drink), but influenced either by Icel. skola, skyla, Dan.
skylle, or by OF. escuelier a place for keeping dishes, fr.
escuele a dish, F. ['e]cuelle, fr. L. scutella a salver,
waiter (cf. {Scuttle} a basket); or perhaps the English word
is immediately from the OF. escuelier; cf. OE. squyllare a
dishwasher.]
1. A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are
cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen,
where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen.
2. Hence, refuse; filth; offal. [Obs.] --Gauden.
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