Dressing-table
81dresser — I. /ˈdrɛsə / (say dresuh) noun 1. someone who dresses: a snappy dresser. 2. someone employed to help to dress actors, etc., at a theatre. 3. any of several tools or devices used in dressing materials, as a hammer used to dress lead. 4. an… …
82duchesse — /ˈdʌtʃɛs/ (say duches), /ˈdʌtʃəs/ (say duchuhs) adjective 1. (of a dressing table, chest of drawers, etc.) with a swing mirror. –noun 2. such a piece of furniture. 3. Chiefly Qld → dressing table (def. 1). {French} …
83toilet — n. 1 = LAVATORY. 2 the process of washing oneself, dressing, etc. (make one s toilet). 3 the cleansing of part of the body after an operation or at the time of childbirth. Phrases and idioms: toilet paper (or tissue) paper for cleaning oneself… …
84duchesse — n. 1 a soft heavy kind of satin. 2 a dressing table with a pivoting mirror. Phrases and idioms: duchesse lace a kind of Brussels pillow lace. duchesse potatoes mashed potatoes mixed with egg, baked or fried, and served as small cakes. duchesse… …
85toilet cloth — noun or toilet cover : a covering of linen, silk, or tapestry spread over a dressing table * * * toilet cloth or toilet cover noun A dressing table cover • • • Main Entry: ↑toilet …
86List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L — Differences between American and British English American English …
87Commode — Commode, veneered with Japanese lacquer and japanned, by Bernard II van Risenburgh, Paris, ca 1750 60 Victoria and Albert Museum[1] …
88toil — English has two words toil, one of them now used only in the plural. Toil ‘work’ comes via Anglo Norman toiler ‘stir, agitate, wrangle’ from Latin tudiculāre ‘stir around’. This was derived from tudicula ‘mill for crushing olives’, a diminutive… …
89toilet — ► NOUN 1) a large bowl for urinating or defecating into, typically plumbed into a sewage system. 2) the process of washing oneself, dressing, and attending to one s appearance. ORIGIN originally denoting a cloth cover for a dressing table, later… …
90toil — English has two words toil, one of them now used only in the plural. Toil ‘work’ comes via Anglo Norman toiler ‘stir, agitate, wrangle’ from Latin tudiculāre ‘stir around’. This was derived from tudicula ‘mill for crushing olives’, a diminutive… …
