Q: Two "cabinnes" in the same "rowme" (1674)

[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/30/2010 01:40 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>How about "sleeping quarters," perhaps separated here by a screen or
>something. That would be close-but-no-cigar to "boudoir."

There are times when a cigar is just a cigar, but likely not this time.

Joel


>Another tweak to the OED needed, in any case.
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>JL
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>On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > I have a sentence from 1674 that describes a male and female being
> > accused of too familiar activities, including "haveing their Cabinnes
> > together in the same rowme".
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> > [Maine Records, 2:290.]
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> > Assuming "rowme" is "room", I am puzzled by "Cabinne".  Nothing under
> > "cabin" in the OED seems to fit.  Surely not the cell of an
> > eremite.  "A small room, a bedroom, a boudoir"?  But the two cabinnes
> > were in the same room.  "A berth (in a ship)"?  But this was not a
> > ship but a house.  A "cabin-bed, a berth"?  Perhaps, but not a berth.
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> > Any suggestions?
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> > Joel
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