Kitchen

(58), n. [A-S. cycene, O. H. Ger. chuluhhina, kuchina, M. H. Ger. küchen, küche, N. H. Ger. küche, D. keuken, Dan. kökken, Sw. kök, W. cegin, Armor. kegin, Gael. cistin, cistin, Ir. cistean, from Lat. coquina, equivalent to culina, a kitchen, from coquinus, pertaining to cooking, from coquere, to cook.] 1. A cook-room; the room of a house appropriated to cookery. A fat kitchen makes a lean will. Franklin. 2. A utensil for roasting meat; as, a tin-kitchen.

v. t. To furnish food to; to provide refreshment for; to entertain with the fare of the kitchen. [Obs.] Shak.