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wiˈthin-ˌdoor, advb. phr. (a.) Now rare.
[See door n. 5.]
= next.
speak within door: ‘do not clamour so as to be heard beyond the house’ (J.).
1579Gosson Sch. Abuse (Arb.) 31 Him..that hath a Conduite within doore, and fetcheth water without. 1604Shakes. Oth. iv. ii. 144 Speake within doore. 1625Bacon Ess., Greatn. Kingd. (Arb.) 481 Sedentary, and Within-doore [ed. 1612 within-doores] Arts. 1649C. Wase Sophocles, Electra 4 Methinks within door,..I seemd to heare One of the maidens keep a groaning. 1821Lamb Elia Ser. i. Old Benchers, I suspect he had his within-door reasons for the preference. 1884Tennyson Becket i. i. 35 They [sc. moths] burn themselves within-door. 1954M. Sharp Gipsy in Parlour xxi. 200 All female within-door work had been properly done. |