dumbwaiter (dumwater)

A framework with shelves, placed between a kitchen and a dining-room for conveying food, etc. When the kitchen is in the basement story the dumb-waiter is bal anced by weights, so as to move readily up and down by the agency of The name is also given to all abord and pullemes harplaced at a person's side in the dining-room, to hold de ert, etc., until required. Mr. Meagles. gave a turn to the dumb - waiter on his right hand to twirl the sugar towards himself. Dickens, Little Dorrit, i. 16. IMG:content-0086.png:[blocks in formation]