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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STILLROOM

STILLROOM Still "room `, n.

1. A room for distilling.

2. An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept. [Eng. ] Floors are rubbed bright, ... stillroom and kitchen cleared for action. Dickens.

New American Oxford Dictionary

stillroom

still room |ˈstilˌro͞om, -ˌro͝om ˈstɪlrum | ▶noun Brit. historical a room in a large house used by the housekeeper for the storage of preserves, cakes, and liqueurs and the preparation of tea and coffee. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: a term used earlier for a room in a house where a still was kept for the distillation of perfumes and cordials.