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 |
Sparrow (n.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House. |
Sparrow (n.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge. |
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. |
Water sparrow () The reed warbler. |
Water sparrow () The reed bunting. |
Weigh-house (n.) A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed. |