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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,
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Dan. kokken, Fr. cuisine, are formed from the Low
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Lat. cucina, Lat. coquina, coquere, to cook)
  , the
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room or place in a house set apart for cooking, in which the culinary and other domestic utensils are kept . The range or cooking-
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stove fitted with
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boiler for hot
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water, oven and other appliances, is often known as a " kitchener " (see COOKERY and
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HEATING) . Archaeologists have used the
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term " kitchen-midden," i.e. kitchen rubbish-heap (Danish kokken-modding) for the rubbish heaps of prehistoric man, containing bones, remains of edible shell-fish, implements, &c . (see SHELL-HEAPS) .

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