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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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House \House\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Housed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Housing}.] [AS. h[?]sian.] 1. To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle. At length have housed me in a humble shed. --Young. House your choicest carnations, or rather set them under a penthouse. --Evelyn. 2. To drive to a shelter. --Shak. 3. To admit to residence; to harbor. Palladius wished him to house all the Helots. --Sir P. Sidney. 4. To deposit and cover, as in the grave. --Sandys. 5. (Naut.) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars. | |
