Definition of house

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House (n.) 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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Adjoin :: Adjoin (v. i.) To lie or be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, the houses adjoin..
Architecture :: Architecture (n.) The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture..
Charnel :: Charnel (n.) A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.
Out-of-door :: Out-of-door (a.) Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. See Out of door, under Out, adv..
Housewright :: Housewright (n.) A builder of houses.
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress..
Let :: Let (v. t.) To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with out; as, to let a farm; to let a house; to let out horses..
Issue :: Issue (n.) The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house..
Housekeeping :: Housekeeping (n.) Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
Tales :: Tales (n.) Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter..
Hovel :: Hovel (n.) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut..
Circulatorious :: Circulatorious (a.) Travelling from house to house or from town to town; itinerant.
Palace :: Palace (n.) Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house..
Curtilage :: Curtilage (n.) A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house..
Cabaret :: Cabaret (n.) A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed.
House :: House (v. t.) To deposit and cover, as in the grave..
Black Rod :: Black Rod () the usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords..
Hothouse :: Hothouse (n.) A bagnio, or bathing house..
Mob :: Mob (v. t.) To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person..
Still-hunt :: Stillhouse (n.) A house in which distillation is carried on; a distillery.
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