Kitch"en , v. t. To furnish food to; to entertain with the fare of the kitchen. [Obs.]
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Kitch"en (k&ibreve;ch"&ebreve;n), n. [OE.
kichen, kichene, kuchene, AS.
cycene, L. coquina, equiv. to
culina a kitchen, fr.
coquinus pertaining to cooking, fr.
coquere to cook. See Cook to prepare food, and cf. Cuisine.]
1. A cookroom; the room of a house appropriated to cookery.
Cool was his kitchen, though his brains were hot.
Dryden. A fat kitchen makes a lean will.
Franklin. 2. A utensil for
roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen.
Kitchen garden. See under Garden. -- Kitchen lee, dirty soapsuds. [Obs.]
"A brazen tub of kitchen lee." Ford. -- Kitchen stuff, fat collected from pots and pans. Donne.
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