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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 838 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KITCHEN (O.E. cycene; this and other cognate forms, such as Dutch keuken, Ger. Kiuche, See also:Dan. kokken, Fr. cuisine, are formed from the See also:Low See also:Lat. cucina, Lat. coquina, coquere, to See also:cook)  , the See also:room or See also:place in a See also:house set apart for cooking, in which the culinary and other domestic utensils are kept . The range or cooking-See also:stove fitted with See also:boiler for hot See also:water, See also:oven and other appliances, is often known as a " See also:kitchener " (see See also:COOKERY and See also:HEATING) . Archaeologists have used the See also:term " See also:kitchen-midden," i.e. kitchen rubbish-heap (Danish kokken-modding) for the rubbish heaps of prehistoric See also:man, containing bones, remains of edible See also:shell-See also:fish, implements, &c . (see SHELL-HEAPS) .

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