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A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for
animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the
habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion. |
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Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the
phrase to keep house. See below. |
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Those who dwell in the same house; a household. |
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A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of
persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an
illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the
house of Israel. |
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One of the estates of a kingdom or other government
assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a
legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the
House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress,
and Parliament. |
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A firm, or commercial establishment. |
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A public house; an inn; a hotel. |
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A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles
intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by
astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting
horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect
to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon,
called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in
the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing
through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours. |
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A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a
piece. |
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An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a
theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house. |
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The body, as the habitation of the soul. |
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The grave. |
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To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to
cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as,
to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils;
to house cattle. |
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To drive to a shelter. |
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To admit to residence; to harbor. |
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To deposit and cover, as in the grave. |
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To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as,
to house the upper spars. |
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To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge. |
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To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n.,
8. |
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