Webster's Dictionary 1913

3268

Houselessness

House″less‐ness, n. The state of being houseless.

3269

Houseline

House″line′ (?), n.(Naut.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; — called also housing. Totten.

3270

Houseling

House″ling′ (?), a. Same as Housling.

3271

Housemaid

House″maid′ (?), n. A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms.Housemaid's knee(Med.), a swelling over the knee, due to an enlargement of the burs...

3272

Housemate

House″mate′ (?), n. One who dwells in the same house with another. R. Browning.

3273

Houseroom

House″room′ (?), n. Room or place in a house; as, to give any one houseroom.

3274

Housewarming

House″warm′ing (?), n. A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson.

3275

Housewife

House″wife′ (?), n. [House + wife. Cf. Hussy.] 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak.He a good husband, a good housewife s...

3276

Housewife (2)

{ House″wife′ (?), House″wive′ (?), } v. t. To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize.Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which sinc...

3277

Housewifely

House″wife′ly (?), a. Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent.A good sort of woman, ladylike and housewifely. Sir W. Scott.

3278

Housewifery

House″wif′er‐y (?), n. The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.

3279

Housework

House″work′ (?), n. The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.

3280

Housewright

House″wright′ (?), n. A builder of houses.

3281

Housing

Hous″ing (?), n. [From House. In some of its senses this word has been confused with the following word.] 1. The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling...

3282

Housing (2)

Hous″ing, n. [From Houss.] 1. A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.2. An appendage t...

3283

Housling

Hous″ling (?), a. [See Housel.] Sacramental; as, housling fire. Spenser.

3284

Houss

Houss (?), n. [F. housse, LL. hulcia, fr. OHG. hulst; akin to E. holster. See Holster, and cf. 2d Housing.] A saddlecloth; a housing. Dryden.

3285

Houstonia

‖Hous‐to″ni‐a (?), n. [NL. So named after Dr. William Houston, an English surgeon and botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of small rubiaceous herbs, having tetramerous salveform blue or w...

3286

Houtou

‖Hou″tou (?), n.(Zoöl.) A beautiful South American motmot. Waterton.

3287

Houve

Houve (?), n. [AS. hūfe.] A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap. Chaucer.

3288

Houyhnhnm

Hou‐yhnhnm″ (?), n. One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subjec...

3289

Hove

Hove (?), imp. & p. p. of Heave.Hove short, Hove to. See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave.

3290

Hove (2)

Hove, v. i. & t. To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell. Holland. Burns.

3291

Hove (3)

Hove, v. i. [OE. hoven. See Hover.] To hover around; to loiter; to lurk. Gower.

3292

Hovel

Hov″el (?), n. [OE. hovel, hovil, prob. a dim. fr. AS. hof house; akin to D. & G. hof court, yard, Icel. hof temple; cf. Prov. E. hove to take shelter, heuf shelter, home.] 1. A...

3293

Hovel (2)

Hov″el, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hoveled (?) or Hovelled; p. pr. & vb. n.Hoveling or Hovelling.] To put in a hovel; to shelter.To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. Shak.The po...

3294

Hoveler

Hov″el‐er (?), n. One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman. [Written also hoveller.] G. P. R. James.