Word Meanings - KEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves.

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• HOUSEWIFE
  A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for 3. A hussy. Shak. Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag. (more info) 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak. He a good husband, a good
• HOUSEWARMING
  A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson.
• HOUSEBOTE
  Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• HOUSEROOM
  Room or place in a house; as, to give any one houseroom.
• HOUSEWIFELY
  Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent. A good sort of woman, ladylike and housewifely. Sir W. Scott.
• HOUSEMAID
  A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms. Housemaid's knee , a swelling over the knee, due to an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan; -- so called because frequently occurring in servant girls who
• RESORT
  Active power or movement; spring. Some . . . know the resorts and falls of business that can not sink into the main of it. Bacon.
• HOUSEMATE
  One who dwells in the same house with another. R. Browning.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• HOUSEWRIGHT
  A builder of houses.
• HOUSEKEEPER
  1. One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family. Locke. 2. One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants
• RESORTER
  One who resorts; a frequenter.
• HOUSELING
  See HOUSLING
• HOUSEWIFE; HOUSEWIVE
  To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize. Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well housewived. Fuller.
• HOUSEBREAKING
  The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break.
• HOUSEWORK
  The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.
• HOUSEBREAKER
  One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.
• HOUSELESS
  Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer.
• HOUSELEEK
  A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum , originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also ayegreen.
• PACKHOUSE
  Warehouse for storing goods.
• WAREHOUSE
  A storehouse for wares, or goods. Addison.
• POSTHOUSE
  1. A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained. 2. A house for distributing the malls; a post office.
• HENHOUSE
  A house or shelter for fowls.
• SLAUGHTERHOUSE
  A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
• TRUGGING-HOUSE
  A brothel. Robert Greene.
• FULL HOUSE
  A hand containing three of a kind and a pair, as three kings and two tens. It ranks above a flush and below four of a kind.
• WATCHHOUSE
  1. A house in which a watch or guard is placed. 2. A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.
• TIRING-HOUSE
  A tiring-room. Shak.
• GREENHOUSE
  A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.
• HOTHOUSE
  A heated room for drying green ware. (more info) 1. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened. 2. A bagnio, or bathing house. Shak.
• BEADHOUSE; BEDEHOUSE
  An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
• WASHHOUSE
  An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.
• UNHOUSED
  Driven from a house; deprived of shelter. 2. Etym: (more info) 1. Etym:
• NEATHOUSE
  A building for the shelter of neat cattle. Massinger.
• MUGHOUSE
  An alehouse; a pothouse. Tickel.
• STOVEHOUSE
  A hothouse.
• CLUBHOUSE
  A house occupied by a club.
• GINHOUSE
  A building where cotton is ginned.