10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLOSE-STOOL»
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close-stool in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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American Windsor Furniture: Specialized Forms
1-68 Low-back close-stool chair, area of Bethlehem, Pa., 1-65-1800. Walnut
throughout; H. 283/4", (seat) 18", w. (arms) 21 V4", (seat) 20", (feet) 2o'/4", D. (
seat) 1-V2"; surfaces probablv never painted. (Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. McFalls ...
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A pronouncing dictionary of the Spanish and English languages
BACI'A, baih-ee'-alt, tf. 1. A metal basin ; wash-pot. 2. Barber's basin. BA'CIG A,
IxtlV-t-gdhtf. A game plavcd with three cards. BACI'X, I«ih-tJii>t', tin. 1. A large pan
, or basin, which serves as a close-stool. BACI'XA. ban-thin'-ah, tf. 1. (Coll.) ...
Mariano Velazquez de la Cadena, 1868
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Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English ...
1. (Coll.) Poor-box in which alms are collected. 2. V. Bacin. 3. A small basin which
serves as a close-stool, used commonly by women and children. Bacinada, tf.
Filth thrown from the basin of a close-stool. Bacinujo, sm. dim. A small close-stool
.
Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Baretti, Mateo Seoane, 1831
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The Practice of Physic in General: As Delivered in a Course ...
That the patient in chronical distempers, if able, mould always make use of a
close- stool, and that only once in twenty-four hourS it be emptied, e. g. at six o'
clock in the evenings. § 910. That immediately before the emptying of it, the
quantity ...
Theophilus Lobb, J. Buckland ((Londres)), 1771
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Neuman, Baretti and Seoane's Dictionary of the Spanish and ...
A metal basin used for several purposes; wash-pot. 2. Barber's basin. [cards.
Báciga,st. A game played with three L'ncfii.sin. A large pan or basin which serves
asa close-stool. Vi .Bacineta Bacina, sf. Coll. Poor-box in which alms arc
collected.
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A dictionary of the Spanish and English languages: wherein ...
2. V. Bacineta. Bariaa, tf. 1. (Coll.) Poor-box in which alms are collected. 2. V.
Baria. 3. A small basin which serves as a close-stool, used commonly by women
and children. Baciaida, */. Filth thrown from the basin of a close-stool. Bacinéjo ...
Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, Mateo Seoane Sobral, 1854
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A dictionary of the Spanish and English languages, orig. ...
1. A large pan or basin which serves: as a close-stool. 2. V. Bacmrta. Btdna, if. 1. (
ColL) Poor-box in which alms arc collected. 2. V. Bacia. 3. A small basin which
serves as a close-stool, used commonly by women and children. Bacinida, if.
Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti, Mateo Seoane Sobral, 1862
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The White House: An Illustrated Architectural History
The same inventory mentions a close stool in this area. A close stool was a
commode, a stool or chair with a removable porcelain chamber pot. It was usually
located in a small separate room with a door to provide privacy.3 The logical
location ...
Patrick Phillips-Schrock, 2013
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Neuman & Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English ...
1. (Coll.) Poor-box in which alms are collected. 2. V. Bacia. 3. A small basin which
serves as a close-stool, used commonly by women and children. BacioSda, if.
Filth thrown from tho basin of a dose-stool. Barintjo, tm. dim. A small close-stool.
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The works of Rabelais, tr. [by sir T. Urquhart] with ...
One day the king, being on his close-stool, showed Villon the arms of France,
and said to him, " Dost thou see what respect I have for thy French kings ? I have
none of their arms anywhere but in this backside, near my close-stool." " Odd's
life ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLOSE-STOOL»
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close-stool is used in the context of the following news items.
The Queen's Bed by Anna Whitelock: review
... to removing her makeup at night, to emptying her velvet-encased “close-stool” — her potty — to, most extraordinarily, sharing her bed at night ... «Toronto Star, Feb 14»
Do the greatest monarchs make the worst patients?
Notoriously, his top servant was the Groom of the Stool, whose job was to attend the king upon the close-stool, the padded seat-less rest placed ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 13»
Elvis died on the crapper and more loads of crap
A Close-Stool c.1650. Hampton Court collection. (Wikipedia Commons). Rabelais was a man who spent some time in consideration of the ... «Baltimore Post-Examiner, Sep 12»
Preview of 2010: the anniversaries
... in the annus mirabilis of 1759, but he died the next year one morning at seven after drinking his chocolate and retiring to his close-stool. «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 09»
A Radical History of Britain, By Edward Vallance
Vallance cites Southey's nasty comment on William Godwin's mind, which was "like a close-stool pan, most often empty, and better empty than ... «Independent, Aug 09»
