[See FEE sb.2 8. So called as being a perquisite of the cook.] The fat that drips from meat in roasting; skimmings of fat; dripping.

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1485.  Inv., in Ripon Ch. Acts (Surtees), 371. ij petræ et iiij lb. de kychyn fee, vijd.

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1560.  Richmond Wills (Surtees), 147. In tallowe, kytchynfye and butterr, xs.

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1614.  Markham, Cheap Husb., II. xxiii. (1668), 79. Anoint the place with Tarr, Turpentine, and Kitchin-fee, mixt together.

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1824.  Scott, St. Ronan’s, ii. The diet-loaf, raised wi’ my ain fresh butter … and no wi greasy kitchen-fee.

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