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Just in case you ever need to look up 'sedan chairs' in John Florio's Italian and English dictionary, Queen Anna's New World of Words (1611):
1) Seggietta, a kind of chaire vsed in Italy to carry men and women up and downe in.
2) Seggio, any kinde of seate or sitting-place. Also a closestoole. Also a tribunall or seate of iustice. Vsed also for the heavens, or Gods throne. Also I sit downe. Vsed also for the compasse about the trill or fundament.
3) Seggiola, a little low chaire or stoole.
Posted by Rachel on April 8, 2006 08:49 PM |
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