subs. (old).—1. A bedfellow. See TART.
2. (old colloquial).—A privy. Also NECESSARY HOUSE (or VAULT).
1609. FIELD, A Woman is a Weathercock, iv., 2.
| She show’d me to a NECESSARY VAULT, | |
| Within a closet in the chamber too. |
1618. FIELD, Amends for Ladies, ii., 4. I met her in the NECESSARY HOUSE i’ th’ morning.
c. 1786. CAPTAIN MORRIS, The Plenipotentiary.
| For fancied delight, they all clubbed for a shite, | |
| To frig in the school NECESSARY. |
