[F. cuisine kitchen, = Pr. cozina, It. cucina:—L. coquīna, cocīna, f. coquĕre to cook.] Kitchen; culinary department or establishment; manner or style of cooking; kitchen arrangements.
[a. 1483. Liber Niger, in Househ. Ord. (1790), 32. One messe grosse de kusyn.]
1786. Han. More, Florio, 657 (Stanford). Great Goddess of the French Cuisine!
1817. Keatinge, Trav., I. 204. Fish and fowls, highly seasoned, according to the Moorish cuisine, with saffron.
1871. Napheys, Prev. & Cure Dis., III. ix. 956. Those innocent arts of the cuisine which render food pleasant.
Hence Cuisinic a. nonce-wd., pertaining to the cuisine; Cuisinier [F.], a (French) cook.
1848. Fraser’s Mag., XXXVIII. 134. With his cuisinic knowledge he has so annoyed the members.
1859. J. Lang, Wand. India, 23. Amongst the most skilful of cuisiniers in Europe.
