Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - toilet

 I. noun  Etymology: French ~te cloth on which items used for grooming are placed, from Middle French, piece of batiste, from diminutive of toile cloth  Date: 1667  1. archaic dressing table  2. the act or process of dressing and grooming oneself  3.  a.  (1) bathroom, lavatory 2  (2) privy  b. a fixture that consists usually of a water-flushed bowl and seat and is used for defecation and urination  4. cleansing in preparation for or in association with a medical or surgical procedure pulmonary ~  II. verb  Date: 1840  intransitive verb  1. to dress and groom oneself  2. to use the ~ — usually used of a child  transitive verb  1. dress, garb  2. to help (as a child or sick person) use the ~