Part 5416

<hw>House"wif`er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.</def>

<h1>Housework</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>House"work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.</def>

<h1>Housewright</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>House"wright`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A builder of houses.</def>

<h1>Housing</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hous"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>House</er>. In some of its senses this word has been confused with the following word.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively.</def>

<i>Fabyan.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A niche for a statue.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A houseline. See <er>Houseline</er>.</def>

<h1>Housing</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hous"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Houss</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.</def>

<h1>Housling</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hous"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Housel</er>.]</ety> <def>Sacramental; <as>as, <ex>housling</ex> fire</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Houss</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Houss</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>housse</ets>, LL. <ets>hulcia</ets>, fr. OHG. <ets>hulst</ets>; akin to E. <ets>holster</ets>. See <er>Holster</er>, and cf. 2d <er>Housing</er>.]</ety> <def>A saddlecloth; a housing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Houtou</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hou"tou</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From its note.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A beautiful South American motmot.</def>

<i>Waterton.</i>

<h1>Houve</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Houve</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>h&umac;fe</ets>.]</ety> <def>A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Houyhnhnm</h1> <Xpage=710>