Part 5413

<h1>Housebote</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>House"bote`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>House</ets> + <ets>bote</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called <i>firebote</i>. See <er>Bote</er>.</def>

<h1>Housebreaker</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>House"break`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.</def>

<h1>Housebreaking</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>House"break`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See <er>Burglary</er>, and <i>To break a house</i>, under <er>Break</er>.</def>

<h1>Housebuilder</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>House"build`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One whose business is to build houses; a housewright.</def>

<h1>Housecarl</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>House"carl`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>huscarle</ets>. See <er>House</er>, and <er>Carl</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Arch\'91ol.)</fld> <def>A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute.</def>

<h1>Household</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>House"hold`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.</def>

<blockquote>And calls, without affecting airs, His <b>household</b> twice a day to prayers. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A line of ancestory; a race or house.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Household</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>House"hold`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to the house and family; domestic; <as>as, <ex>household</ex> furniture; <ex>household</ex> affairs.</as></def>

<cs><col>Household bread</col>, <cd>bread made in the house for common use; hence, bread that is not of the finest quality.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <col>Household gods</col></mcol> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld>, <cd>the gods presiding over the house and family; the <i>Lares<i> and <i>Penates<i>; hence, all objects endeared by association with home.</cd> -- <col>Household troops</col>, <cd>troops appointed to attend and guard the sovereign or his residence.</cd></cs>

<h1>Householder</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>House"hold`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with his family.</def>

<blockquote>Towns in which almost every <b>householder</b> was an English Protestant. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Compound householder</col>. <cd>See <er>Compound</er>, <it>a.<it></cd></cs>

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<h1>Housekeeper</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>House"keep`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; <as>as, his wife is a good <ex>housekeeper</ex></as>; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who exercises hospitality, or has plentiful and hospitable household.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>