Definition of house

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House (n.) 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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Strong :: Strong (superl.) Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants..
Banker :: Banker (n.) The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house..
Fortilage :: Fortilage (n.) A little fort; a blockhouse.
Welcome :: Welcome (n.) Kind reception of a guest or newcomer; as, we entered the house and found a ready welcome..
Stillstand :: Stillroom (n.) An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept..
Presidio :: Presidio (n.) A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse.
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..
Serve :: Serve (v. i.) To perform domestic offices; to be occupied with household affairs; to prepare and dish up food, etc..
Bourbonism :: Bourbonism (n.) The principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism.
Plot :: Plot (n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot..
Weigh-houses :: Weigh-houses (pl. ) of Weigh-hous.
Shippon :: Shippon (n.) A cowhouse; a shippen.
Which :: Which (a.) A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer to, an individual person or thing among several of a class; as, which man is it? which woman was it? which is the house? he asked which route he should take; which is best, to live or to die? See the Note under What, pron., 1..
Entry :: Entry (n.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods. See Enter, v. t., 8, and Entrance, n., 5..
Greenhouse :: Greenhouse (n.) A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.
Manteltree :: Manteltree (n.) The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses..
Storehouse :: Storehouse (n.) A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse..
Housecarl :: Housecarl (n.) A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute..
Houseleek :: Houseleek (n.) A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also ayegreen..
Fanal :: Fanal (n.) A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light..
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