Definition of house

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House (n.) The body, as the habitation of the soul..

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Sugariness :: Sugar-house (n.) A building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugar manufactory.
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..
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children..
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..
Outhouse :: Outhouse (n.) A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an outbuilding.
Front :: Front (v. t.) To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the house fronts toward the east..
Companion :: Companion (n.) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch.
Pharology :: Pharology (n.) The art or science which treats of lighthouses and signal lights.
Inside :: Inside (adv.) Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc..
Stew :: Stew (v. t.) A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.
Speaker :: Speaker (n.) One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the Speaker of a House of Representatives..
Lodge :: Lodge (v. i.) To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street..
Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid..
Lockup :: Lockup (n.) A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.
Lepisma :: Lepisma (n.) A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug..
Manifest :: Manifest (v. t.) To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
Bourbonism :: Bourbonism (n.) The principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism.
Save :: Save (a.) To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames..
In :: In (adv.) Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of an adverbial phrase, the context indicating what the omitted object is; as, he takes in the situation (i. e., he comprehends it in his mind); the Republicans were in (i. e., in office); in at one ear and out at the other (i. e., in or into the head); his side was in (i. e., in the turn at the bat); he came in (i. e., into the house)..
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house..
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