Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A closet, attached to a stove or some other source of heat, in which dishes and food are kept warm.
- noun In candle-making, a heated chamber in which candle-molds are kept warm previous to being used, to prevent the chilling of the stearic acid.
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I remember being much pleased with seeing a neat arrangement of a "hot-closet" heated by the waste steam conveyed from the bottom of the building.
James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885
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