do one's ease en · VERB
Etymology
A clipped form of do one's easement, a former euphemism for easing one's bowels.
Meanings
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(euphemistic, obsolete) To ease one's bowels; to defecate.
Another time, the old Duke of Main, who was uſed to play the drol with him, coming ſoftly into his Bedchamber, and thruſting in his Bald-head, and Long-neck, in a poſture to make the King merry, it happened the King was come from doing his Eaſe, and ſpying him, he took the round Cover of the Cloſe-ſtool, and clap'd it on his Bald-Sconce, […]
1620 May 21 (Gregorian calendar), James Howell, “XVIII. To Sir James Crofts, from Paris.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume I, London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], published 1655, →OCLC, section I, page 26:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| doing one's ease | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| did one's ease | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| done one's ease | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| does one's ease | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
house of ease · seat of ease · closet of ease