By-corner (n.) A private corner. |
Corner (n.) The point where two converging lines meet |
Corner (n.) The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point |
Corner (n.) An edge or extremity |
Corner (n.) A secret or secluded place |
Corner (n.) Direction |
Corner (n.) The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price |
Corner (v. t.) To drive into a corner. |
Corner (v. t.) To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment |
Corner (v. t.) To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it |
House (n.) A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind |
House (n.) Household affairs |
House (n.) Those who dwell in the same house |
House (n.) A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred |
House (n.) One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature |
House (n.) A firm, or commercial establishment. |
House (n.) A public house |
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 the reverse order every twenty-four hours. |
House (n.) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. |
House (n.) An audience |
House (n.) The body, as the habitation of the soul. |
House (n.) The grave. |
House (v. t.) To take or put into a house |
House (v. t.) To drive to a shelter. |
House (v. t.) To admit to residence |
House (v. t.) To deposit and cover, as in the grave. |
House (v. t.) To stow in a safe place |
House (v. i.) To take shelter or lodging |
House (v. i.) To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8. |
Lombard-house (n.) Alt. of Lombar-house |
Lombar-house (n.) A bank or a pawnbroker's shop. |
Lombar-house (n.) A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged |
Moot-house (n.) A hall for public meetings |
Sugar-house (n.) A building in which sugar is made or refined |
Tippling-house (n.) A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the premises. |
Tiring-house (n.) A tiring-room. |
Treasure-house (n.) A house or building where treasures and stores are kept. |
Trugging-house (n.) A brothel. |
Weigh-house (n.) A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed. |