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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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..
House :: House (n.) A firm, or commercial establishment..
Housewife :: Housewife (v. t.) Alt. of Housewiv.
Appendant :: Appendant (v. t.) Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house..
Re-let :: Re-let (v. t.) To let anew, as a house..
Titling :: Titling (n.) Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.
Billet :: Billet (n.) A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence..
Adjoin :: Adjoin (v. i.) To lie or be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, the houses adjoin..
Bonder :: Bonder (n.) One who places goods under bond or in a bonded warehouse.
Chouse :: Chouse (n.) A swindler.
Privy :: Privy (n.) A necessary house or place; a backhouse.
Shippon :: Shippon (n.) A cowhouse; a shippen.
Hall :: Hall (n.) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment..
Contractor :: Contractor (n.) One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to perform work on a rather large scale, at a certain price or rate, as in building houses or making a railroad..
Interval :: Interval (n.) A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills..
Apartment :: Apartment (n.) A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions..
Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach..
Housekeeping :: Housekeeping (n.) The state of occupying a dwelling house as a householder.
Slype :: Slype (n.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery..
Bethel :: Bethel (n.) A house of worship for seamen.
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