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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… it was probably more often used elliptically for a BUFFET STOOL, which, as the OED's quotations suggest, may sometimes … (late). References: Gloag (1952, revised 1991). Buffet stool [buffut stoole; buffitt stolle; buffette stoole; buffett stoole; buffet stole; buffed stool] Its meaning is uncertain, but it was probably a form …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… no font, its use being supplied by a wooden moveable stool; though there is little cause, perhaps, to lament its …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Loughton, Essex and London settled his account for a night stool 1 11s 6d. [Essex RO, D/DHt A1/4] On 24 March 1827 and … 1833 by 3rd Lord Braybrooke of Audley End for a music stool (7s) and a picture frame (2s). [Essex RO, D/DBy/ A358] … made to turn out on Castors and the other with a Close Stool all Compleat & brass handles to the sides. 11 For 2 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of Calne manor to provide, on pain of 40 s., a cucking stool for the suppression of scolds; by 1684 the cucking stool had not been provided and the threatened penalty had risen to £30, and the town still lacked a cucking stool in 1687. Between 1678 and 1685 the view also ordered …
Old and New London
… "Just set up in Business:" "Time was I sat upon a lofty stool, At lofty desk, and with a clerkly pen, Began each …