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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Godown :: Godown (n.) A warehouse.
Housebreaking :: Housebreaking (n.) The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break..
Aleconner :: Aleconner (n.) Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.].
Horehound :: Horehound (n.) A plant of the genus Marrubium (M. vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc..
Lombard-house :: Lombard-house (n.) Alt. of Lombar-hous.
Columbarium :: Columbarium (n.) A dovecote or pigeon house.
Fleaking :: Fleaking (n.) A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatching houses..
Adobe :: Adobe (n.) An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico..
House :: House (n.) Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.
Board :: Board (v. t.) To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house..
Monastery :: Monastery (n.) A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females..
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.
Storier :: Storied (a.) Having (such or so many) stories; -- chiefly in composition; as, a two-storied house..
Multiserial :: Multiserial (a.) Arranged in many rows, or series, as the scales of a pine cone, or the leaves of the houseleek..
Kiosk :: Kiosk (n.) A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars..
Barkery :: Barkery (n.) A tanhouse.
Courtehouse :: Courtehouse (n.) A county town; -- so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States.
Cocket :: Cocket (n.) A customhouse seal; a certified document given to a shipper as a warrant that his goods have been duly entered and have paid duty.
Ruelle :: Ruelle (n.) A private circle or assembly at a private house; a circle.
Hacienda :: Hacienda (n.) A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in Spanish-American regions..
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