Part 5415

<hw>House"ling`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Housling</er>.</def>

<h1>Housemaid</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>House"maid`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms.</def>

<cs><col>Housemaid's knee</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>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 work upon their knees.</cd></cs>

<h1>Housemate</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>House"mate`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who dwells in the same house with another.</def>

<i>R. Browning.</i>

<h1>Houseroom</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>House"room`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Room or place in a house; <as>as, to give any one <ex>houseroom</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Housewarming</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>House"warm`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Housewife</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>House"wife`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>House</ets> + <ets>wife.</ets> Cf. <er>Hussy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>He a good husband, a good <b>housewife</b> she. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <tt>(Usually pronounced <?/.)</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hussy</er>, in this sense.]</ety> <def>A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also <altname>hussy</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>huswife</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>P. Skelton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A hussy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <altsp>[Usually written <asp>huswife</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Sailor's housewife</col>, <cd>a ditty-bag.</cd></cs>

<h1>Housewife, Housewive</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw><hw>House"wife`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>House"wive`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize.</def>

<blockquote>Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well <b>housewived</b>. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Housewifely</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>House"wife`ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent.</def>

<blockquote>A good sort of woman, ladylike and <b>housewifely</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Housewifery</h1> <Xpage=710>