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SCULLERY , a back-See also:kitchen, the See also:place where dishes, plates, kettles, &c., are washed and cleaned, and the rough See also:work connected with the domestic service of a See also:house is performed . The Med . See also:Lat. scutellarius, keeper of dishes and plates (scutella), became in O . Fr. escueillier or sculier, whence in See also:English sculler, squiler, &c . A " sergeaunt-squylloure " is found amongst the officials of the royal See also:household; and the Promptorium parvulorum, dating about 1400, glosses lixa, a See also:sutler or See also:camp-See also:cook, by " squyllare, dysche-wescheare." " Scullion," a kitchen-wench, has been naturally connected with scullery, but is derived from 0 . Fr. escouillon, dish-See also:cloth, cf . Span. escobillon, See also:spring for a See also:gun, ultimately from Lat. scopa, See also:birch See also:tree, scopae, See also:broom of birch twigs . |
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