TOILET

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.

2.
n.

A dressing table. Pope.

3.
n.

Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect. [Written also toilette.] Toilet glass, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a dressing room. -- Toilet service, Toilet set, earthenware, glass, and other utensils for a dressing room. -- Toilet table, a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above. -- To snake one's toilet, to dress one's self; especially, to dress one's self carefully.


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