Part 5414

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>One who keeps or stays much at home.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>You are manifest <b>housekeeper</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A house dog.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Housekeeping</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>House"keep`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being occupying a dwelling house as a householder.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Care of domestic concerns; management of a house and home affairs.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Tell me, softly and hastly, what's in the pantry? Small <b>housekeeping</b> enough, said Ph\'d2be. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Housekeeping</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>House"keep`ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Domestic; used in a family; <as>as, <ex>housekeeping</ex> commodities</as>.</def>

<h1>Housel</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hou"sel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>housel</ets>, <ets>husel</ets>, AS. <ets>h<?/sel</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>h<?/sl</ets>, Goth. <ets>hunsl</ets> a sacrifice.]</ety> <def>The eucharist.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Rom. of R. Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Housel</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hou"sel</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>h<?/slain</ets>.]</ety> <def>To administer the eucharist to.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Houseleek</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>House"leek`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>House</ets> + <ets>leek</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A succulent plant of the genus <spn>Sempervivum</spn> (<spn>S. tectorum</spn>), 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 <altname>ayegreen</altname>.</def>

<h1>Houseless</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>House"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; <as>as, a <ex>houseless</ex> wanderer</as>.</def>

<h1>Houselessness</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>House"less*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being houseless.</def>

<h1>Houseline</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>House"line`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also <altname>housing</altname>.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Houseling</h1> <Xpage=710>