Definition of house

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House (v. t.) To admit to residence; to harbor.

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Cabinetmaker :: Cabinetmaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice articles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads, bureaus, etc..
Great :: Great (superl.) Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length..
Apartment :: Apartment (n.) A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions..
Impression :: Impression (n.) In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like..
Purveyor :: Purveyor (n.) An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household..
Lean-to :: Lean-to (n.) A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall..
Own :: Own (a.) To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; as, to own a house..
Front :: Front (v. t.) To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the house fronts toward the east..
Sill :: Sill (n.) The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like..
Jerquer :: Jerquer (n.) A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.
Full :: Full (Compar.) Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people..
Transire :: Transire (n.) A customhouse clearance for a coasting vessel; a permit.
Exhibit :: Exhibit (v. t.) To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery..
Housewarming :: Housewarming (n.) A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises.
Bawd :: Bawd (n.) A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; -- usually applied to a woman..
Partition :: Partition (v. t.) To divide into distinct parts by lines, walls, etc.; as, to partition a house..
Red :: Red (v. t.) To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to red up a house..
Illumination :: Illumination (v. t.) That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript..
Front :: Front (v. t.) To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church..
Stillstand :: Stillroom (n.) An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept..
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