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Definition of house

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House (n.) 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

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Harem :: Harem (n.) The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families.

Companion :: Companion (n.) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch.

Dovecote :: Dovecote (n.) A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house..

Second-class :: Second-class (a.) Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class passage..

Adobe :: Adobe (n.) An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico..

Depot :: Depot (n.) A place of deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse.

Rear :: Rear (v. t.) To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another..

Demolition :: Demolition (n.) The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes..

Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office..

Hygiene :: Hygiene (n.) That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health..

Roundhouse :: Roundhouse (n.) A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house..

Legend :: Legend (n.) That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses..

Houseless :: Houseless (a.) Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer..

Opera :: Opera (n.) The house where operas are exhibited.

Displenish :: Displenish (v. t.) To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock..

Bedbug :: Bedbug (n.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix..

Parlor :: Parlor (n.) In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor..

Domify :: Domify (v. t.) To divide, as the heavens, into twelve houses. See House, in astrological sense..

Housekeeping :: Housekeeping (n.) Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.

Croft :: Croft (n.) A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm..