From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Scullery \Scul"ler*y\ (sk[u^]l"l[~e]r*[y^]), n.; pl.
{Sculleries} (sk[u^]l"l[~e]r*[i^]z). [Probably originally, a
place for washing dishes, and for swillery, fr. OE. swilen to
wash, AS. swilian (see {Swill} to wash, to drink), but
influenced either by Icel. skola, skyla, Dan. skylle, or by
OF. escuelier a place for keeping dishes, fr. escuele a dish,
F. ['e]cuelle, fr. L. scutella a salver, waiter (cf.
{Scuttle} a basket); or perhaps the English word is
immediately from the OF. escuelier; cf. OE. squyllare a
dishwasher.]
1. A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are
cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen,
where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen.
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2. Hence, refuse; filth; offal. [Obs.] --Gauden.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scullery
n 1: a small room (in large old British houses) next to the
kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and
other rough household jobs are done
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