Definition of house

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House (n.) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece..

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Re-let :: Re-let (v. t.) To let anew, as a house..
Patch :: Patch (v. t.) To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house..
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole..
Catcall :: Catcall (n.) A sound like the cry of a cat, such as is made in playhouses to express dissatisfaction with a play; also, a small shrill instrument for making such a noise..
Jerquer :: Jerquer (n.) A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.
Dome :: Dome (n.) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form..
Betty :: Betty (n.) A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters..
Furnace :: Furnace (n.) An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc..
Top :: Top (n.) The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex; vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain; the top of the ground..
Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse..
Tomb :: Tomb (n.) A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead..
Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley..
Dahabeah :: Dahabeah (n.) A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails..
Masthouse :: Masthouse (n.) A building in which vessels' masts are shaped, fitted, etc..
Rector :: Rector (n.) The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.
Workhouses :: Workhouses (pl. ) of Workhous.
Hobgoblin :: Hobgoblin (n.) A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow..
Housekeeping :: Housekeeping (n.) Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
Basilica :: Basilica (n.) Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose..
Camerlingo :: Camerlingo (n.) The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.
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