Times Cryptic 1229

[stevenj]

Could some kind person please explain two answers for me?
21d Weaver keeps brown chair in store. The answer is lumber room which I know ( because I looked it up) was a room where rich people stored furniture they were not using. So " store" is there but I don't get the rest.
27d Roman province's symbolic figure in metal. The answer seems to be Britannia which fits the first bit of the clue. But the rest?

Help gratefully received
steven

[ubasses]

loom (weaver) umber (brown)

[frugalfred]

There is a Britannia metal. It's a silver/tin alloy

[Captain2]

with you ubasses but we are an 'R' short

[Lie-in King]

Hi Steven - you've missed the word "finally" from 21d -

Lumber room - 'loom' (weaver, keeps) 'umber (brown) (chai)r (finally)'

Britannia - triple def - yours &

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/britannia
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/britannia-metal

[Captain2]

thanks LiK that explains the errant 'R'

[stevenj]

First of all thank you to all four of you.Secondly apologies for the careless omission of " finally". Sorry!
SWMBO regularly tells me that you learn something new every day. And today I learnt two things. First that there is a colour umber and secondly that Britannia is a sort of metal.
Thanks to all you kind people, as always.
steven

[Mamyalynne]

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Re dote

Steven, it has more meanings too......


Dote

noun: dote; plural noun: dotes
1.
a sweet or adorable person.
"he's gorgeous and the twins are dotes"

[Captain2]

I've always understood 'to dote on someone' is to spoil/love them so it does have a nicer meaning

[stevenj]

I have thanked Mamyalynne elsewhere. But it does no harm to repeat the thanks and to add Captain2 to them. Thank you!
steven