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| Noun | 1. A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.[Websters]. | |
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Date "CLOSE-STOOL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Specialty Definition: CLOSE-STOOL
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] A chamber utensil for the convenience of the sick and infirm.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Noun] (historical) 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. (references) | ||
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