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SETTLE , a wooden See also:

BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench, usually with arms and a high back, See also:

long enough to accommodate three or four sitters. It is most commonly movable, but occasionally fixed as in the " boxes " of those old See also:

COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee-houses of which a few examples still remain in See also:

LONDON

London, and perhaps elsewhere. It shares with the See also:

CHEST (Gr. Kiarl, Lat. cista, O. Eng. cist, test, &c.)

chest and the See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair the distinction of See also:

GREAT

great antiquity. Its high back was a See also:

PROTECTION

protection from the See also:

DRAUGHTS (from AS. dragan, to draw)

draughts of See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval buildings—a, protection which was sometimes increased by the addition of winged ends or a wooden See also:

CANOPY (through Fr. canape, from Med. Lat. canapeum, classical conopeum, a mosquito curtain, Gr. K6v(.4, a gnat)

canopy. It was most frequently placed near the See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in the See also:

COMMON

common sitting-See also:

ROOM

room. Constructed of See also:

OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak, or other hard See also:

wood, it was extremely heavy, solid and durable. Few See also:

ENGLISH

English examples of earlier date than the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century have come down to us; survivals from the Jacobean See also:

period are more numerous. Settles • of the more expensive type were often elaborately carved or incised; others were divided into See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain panels. A well-preserved specimen, with its richly polished oak, darkened by See also:

time and beeswax, is a handsome piece of See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture often still to be found in its See also:

ORIGINAL

original environment--the See also:

FARM

farm-See also:

house See also:

KITCHEN (O.E. cycene; this and other cognate forms, such as Dutch keuken, Ger. Kiuche, Dan. kokken, Fr. cuisine, are formed from the Low Lat. cucina, Lat. coquina, coquere, to cook)

kitchen or the manorial See also:

hall. Its See also:

VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue did not long outlast the first See also:

HALF

half of the 18th century, to which period most of the existing specimens belong.

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