Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 49
Hosting (n.) [Obs.] A muster or review. -- Spenser.
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Hostler (n.) An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler.
Hostler (n.) The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable; hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom; -- so called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this duty in person.
Hostler (n.) (Railroad) The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip.
Hostler (n.) Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses [syn: stableman, stableboy, groom, hostler, ostler].
Hostless (a.) Inhospitable. [Obs.] "A hostless house." -- Spenser.
Hostry (n.) A hostelry; an inn or lodging house. [Obs.] -- Marlowe.
Hostry (n.) A stable for horses. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Hot () imp. & p. p. of Hote. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Hot (a.) Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or air. "A hotvenison pasty." -- Shak.
Hot (a.) Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager.
Achilles is impatient, hot, and revengeful. -- Dryden.
There was mouthing in hot haste. -- Byron.
Hot (a.) Lustful; lewd; lecherous. -- Shak.
Hot (a.) Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard.
Hot bed (Iron Manuf.), An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.
Hot wall (Gardening), A wall provided with flues for the conducting of heat, to hasten the growth of fruit trees or the ripening of fruit.
Hot well (Condensing Engines), A receptacle for the hot water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot well by the feed pump.
In hot water (Fig.), In trouble; in difficulties. [Colloq.]
Syn: Burning; fiery; fervid; glowing; eager; animated; brisk; vehement; precipitate; violent; furious; ardent; fervent; impetuous; irascible; passionate; hasty; excitable.
Hotbed (n.) (Gardening) A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics.
Hotbed (n.) A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of sedition.
Hotbed (n.) A situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad); "it was a hotbed of vice."
Hotbed (n.) A bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants.
Hot blast () See under Blast.
Hot-blooded (a.) Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate.
Hot-blooded (a.) Prone to emotion; "hot-blooded Latin-Americans."
Hot-brained (a.) Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained youth. -- Dryden. Hot bulb.
Hotchpot (n.) Alt. of Hotchpotch.
Hotchpotch (n.) A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge.
A mixture or hotchpotch of many tastes. -- Bacon.
Hotchpotch (n.) (Law) A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of a more equal division, or of equalizing the shares of all the children; the property advanced being accounted for at its value when given. -- Bouvier. Tomlins.
Note: This term has been applied in cases of salvage. Story. It corresponds in a measure with collation in the civil and Scotch law. See Collation. -- Bouvier. Tomlins.
Hotchpot, () estates. This homely term is used figuratively to signify the blending and mixing property belonging to different persons, in order to divide it equally among those entitled to it. For example, if a man seised of thirty acres of land, and having two children, should, on the marriage of one of them, give him ten acres of it, and then die intestate seised of the remaining twenty; now, in order to obtain his portion of the latter, the married child, must bring back the ten acres he received, and add it to his father's estate, when an equal division of the whole will take place, and each be entitled to fifteen acres. 2 Bl. Com. 190. The term hotchpot is also applied to bringing together all the personal estate of the deceased, with the advancements he has made to his children, in order that the same may be divided agreeably to the provisions of the statute for the distribution of intestate's estates. In bringing an advancement into hotchpot, the donee is not required to account for the profits of the thing given; for example, he is not required to bring into hotchpot the produce of negroes, nor the interest of money. The property must be accounted for at its value when given. 1 Wash. R. 224; 17 Mass. 358; 2 Desaus. 127.; 3 Rand. R. 117; 3 Pick. R. 450; 3 Rand. 559; Coop. Justin. 575.
Hotchpot, () In Louisiana the term collation is used instead of hotchpot. The collation of goods is the supposed or real return to the mass of the succession, which an heir makes of property which he received in advance of his share or otherwise, in order that such property maybe divided, together with the other effects of the succession. Civ. Code of Lo. art. 1305; and vide from that article to article 1367. Vide, generally, Bac. Ab. Coparceners, E; Bac. Ab. Executors, &c., K; Com. Dig. Guardian, G 2, Parcener, C 4; 8 Com. Dig. App. tit. Distribution, Statute of, III. For the French law, see Merl. Repert. mots Rapport a succession.
Hotcockles (n.) A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.
Hatte (pres. & imp. sing. & pl. of Hote, to be called. See Hote.) [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
A full perilous place, purgatory it hatte. -- Piers Plowman.
Hatte (pres. & imp.) of Hote.
Hot () of Hote.
Hote (p. p.) of Hote.
Hoten () of Hote.
Hot () of Hote.
Hote (v. t. & i.) To command; to enjoin. [Obs.] -- Piers Plowman.
Hote (v. t. & i.) To promise. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Hote (v. t. & i.) To be called; to be named. [Obs.]
There as I was wont to hote Arcite, Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite. -- Chaucer.
Compare: Hight
Hight (v. t. & i.) To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.]
Note: In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a present, meaning is called or named, also as a preterite, was called or named. This form has also been used as a past participle. See Hote.
The great poet of Italy, That highte Dante. -- Chaucer.
Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight. -- Surrey.
Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher.
Father he hight, and he was, in the parish. -- Longfellow.
Childe Harold was he hight. -- Byron.
Hight (v. t. & i.) To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.]
But the sad steel seized not where it was hight Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall. -- Spenser.
Hight (v. t. & i.) To commit; to intrust. [Obs.]
Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. -- Spenser.
Hight (v. t. & i.) To promise. [Obs.]
He had hold his day, as he had hight. -- Chaucer.
Hot (a.) Used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead" [ant: cold].
Hot (a.) Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent" [syn: hot, raging].
Hot (a.) Extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument" [ant: cold].
Hot (a.) (Color) Bold and intense; "hot pink."
Hot (a.) Sexually excited or exciting; "was hot for her"; "hot pants."
Hot (a.) Recently stolen or smuggled; "hot merchandise"; "a hot car."
Hot (a.) Very fast; capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive" [syn: blistering, hot, red-hot].
Hot (a.) Wanted by the police; "a hot suspect."
Hot (a.) Producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves; "hot salsa"; "jalapeno peppers are very hot" [syn: hot, spicy].
Hot (a.) Performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy; "a hot drummer"; "he's hot tonight."
Hot (a.) Very popular or successful; "one of the hot young talents"; "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season."
Hot (a.) Very unpleasant or even dangerous; "make it hot for him"; "in the hot seat"; "in hot water."
Hot (a.) Newest or most recent; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot information" [syn: hot, red-hot].
Hot (a.) Having or bringing unusually good luck; "hot at craps"; "the dice are hot tonight."
Hot (a.) Very good; often used in the negative; "he's hot at math but not so hot at history."
Hot (a.) Newly made; "a hot scent."
Hot (a.) Having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm; "hot for travel."
Hot (a.) Of a seeker; very near to the object sought; "you are hot."
Hot (a.) Having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity; "hot fuel rods"; "a hot laboratory."
Hot (a.) Charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire" [syn: hot, live].
Hot (a.) Marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market."
Hotel (n.) A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.
Hotel (n.) In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth.
Hotel (n.) A building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services.
Hotel-de-ville (n.) [F.] A city hall or townhouse.
Hotel-Dieu (n.) [F.] A hospital. Hotelkeeper; Hotelier
Hoten () p. p. of Hote.
Hotfoot (adv.) In haste; foothot. [Colloq.]
Hotfoot (adv.) Without delay; speedily; "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett; "drove hotfoot for Boston."
Hotfoot (n.) A practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it.
Hotfoot (v.) Move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger].
Hot-head (n.) A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head.
Hot-headed (a.) Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement.
Hothouse (n.) A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.
Hothouse (n.) A bagnio, or bathing house. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Hothouse (n.) A brothel; a bagnio. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Hothouse (n.) (Pottery) A heated room for drying green ware.
Hothouse (n.) A greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner [syn: conservatory, hothouse, indoor garden].
Hot-livered (a.) Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible. -- Milton.
Hotly (a.) In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; hastily; as, a hotly pursued.
Hotly (a.) In a lustful manner; lustfully. -- Dryden.
Hotly (adv.) In a heated manner; "`To say I am behind the strike is so much nonsense,' declared Mr Harvey heatedly"; "the children were arguing hotly" [syn: heatedly, hotly].
Hot-mouthed (a.) Headstrong.
That hot-mouthed beast that bears against the curb. -- Dryden.
Hotness (n.) The quality or state of being hot.
Hotness (n.) Heat or excitement of mind or manner; violence; vehemence; impetuousity; ardor; fury. -- M. Arnold.
Hotness (n.) The presence of heat [syn: hotness, heat, high temperature] [ant: cold, coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature].
Hotness (n.) A state of sexual arousal [syn: horniness, hotness, hot pants].
Hotness (n.) : A hot spiciness [syn: hotness, pepperiness].
Hotpress (v. t.) To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.
Hotpressed (a.) Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t.
Hot-short (a.) More or less brittle when heated; as, hot-short iron.
Hot-short (a.) (Metal.) Brittle when heated, esp. beyond a red heat; as, hot-short iron.
Hot-spirited (a.) Having a fiery spirit; hot-headed.
Hotspur (n.) A rash, hot-headed man. -- Holinshed. Hotspur
Hotspur (a.) Alt. of Hotspurred.
Hotspurred (a.) Violent; impetuous; headstrong. -- Spenser. Peacham.
Hotspur (n.) English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403) [syn: Percy, Sir Henry Percy, Hotspur,
Harry Hotspur].
Hotspur (n.) A rash or impetuous person.
Hottentot (n.) (Ethnol.) One of a degraded.
Hottentot (n.) The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds; the Khoisan language.
Hottentot cherry (Bot.), A South African plant of the genus Cassine ({Cassine maurocenia"> Cassine ({Cassine maurocenia), having handsome foliage, with generally inconspicuous white or green flowers. -- Loudon.
Hottentot's bread. (Bot.) See Elephant's foot (a), under Elephant.
Hottentot (n.) Any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa [syn: Khoikhoin, Khoikhoi, Hottentot].
Hottentotism (n.) A term employed to describe one of the varieties of stammering.
Houdah (n.) See Howdah.
Compare: Hock
Hock, Hough (n.) (a) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man.
Hock, Hough (n.) (b) A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot.
Hock, Hough (n.) The popliteal space; the ham.
Hough (n.) Same as Hock, a joint.
Houghed (imp. & p. p.) of Hough.
Houghing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hough.
Hough (v. t.) Same as Hock, to hamstring.
Hough (n.) An adz; a hoe. [Obs.] -- Bp. Stillingfleet.
Hough (v. t.) To cut with a hoe. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Hough, () To hamstring, i.e., sever the "tendon of Achilles" of the hinder legs of captured horses (Josh. 11:6; 2 Sam. 8:4; 1 Chr. 18:4), so as to render them useless.
Houlet (n.) An owl. See Howlet.
Compare: Howlet
Howlet (n.) (Zool.) An owl; an owlet. [Written also houlet.] -- R. Browning.
Hoult (n.) A piece of woodland; a small wood. [Obs.] See Holt.
Hound (n.) (Zool.) A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc.
Hounds and greyhounds, Mongrels, spaniels, curs. -- Shak.
Hound (n.) A despicable person. "Boy! false hound!" -- Shak.
Hound (n.) (Zool.) A houndfish.
Hound (n.) pl. (Naut.) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
Hound (n.) A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
To follow the hounds, To hunt with hounds.
Hounded (imp. & p. p.) of Hound.
Hounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hound.
Hound (v. t.) To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers. --Abp. Bramhall.
Hound (v. t.) To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds. -- L'Estrange.
Hound (n.) Any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears [syn: hound, hound dog].
Hound (n.) Someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn: cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel].
Hound (v.) Pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him" [syn: hound, hunt, trace].
Houndfish (n.) (Zool.) Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish.
Note: The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium canicula; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium catulus. The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix), and to the silver gar.
Hounding (n.) The act of one who hounds.
Hounding (n.) (Naut.) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
Hound's-tongue (n.) (Bot.) A biennial weed ({Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue.
Houp (n.) (Zool.) See Hoopoe. [Obs.]
Hour (n.) The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
Hour (n.) The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we meet?
Hour (n.) Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour.
Woman, . . . mine hour is not yet come. -- John ii. 4.
This is your hour, and the power of darkness. -- Luke xxii. 53.
Hour (n.) pl. (R. C. Ch.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.
Hour (n.) A measure of distance traveled.
Vilvoorden, three hours from Brussels. -- J. P. Peters.
After hours, after the time appointed for one's regular labor.
Canonical hours. See under Canonical.
Hour angle (Astron.), The angle between the hour circle passing through a given body, and the meridian of a place.
Hour circle. (Astron.) (a) Any circle of the sphere passing through the two poles of the equator; esp., one of the circles drawn on an artificial globe through the poles, and dividing the equator into spaces of 15[deg], or one hour, each.
Hour circle. (Astron.) (b) A circle upon an equatorial telescope lying parallel to the plane of the earth's equator, and graduated in hours and subdivisions of hours of right ascension.
Hour circle. (Astron.) (c) A small brass circle attached to the north pole of an artificial globe, and divided into twenty-four parts or hours. It is used to mark differences of time in working problems on the globe.
Hour hand, The hand or index which shows the hour on a timepiece.
Hour line. (a) (Astron.) A line indicating the hour.
Hour line. (b) (Dialing) A line on which the shadow falls at a given hour; the intersection of an hour circle which the face of the dial.
Hour plate, The plate of a timepiece on which the hours are marked; the dial. -- Locke.
Sidereal hour, The twenty-fourth part of a sidereal day.
Solar hour, The twenty-fourth part of a solar day.
The small hours, The early hours of the morning, as one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.
To keep good hours, To be regular in going to bed early.
Hour (n.) A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; "the job will take more than an hour" [syn: hour, hr, 60 minutes].
Hour (n.) Clock time; "the hour is getting late" [syn: hour, time of day].
Hour (n.) A special and memorable period; "it was their finest hour."
Hour (n.) Distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away" [syn: hour, minute].
Hour, () First found in Dan. 3:6; 4:19, 33;5:5. It is the rendering of the Chaldee shaah, meaning a "moment," a "look." It is used in the New Testament frequently to denote some determinate season (Matt. 8:13; Luke 12:39).
With the ancient Hebrews the divisions of the day were "morning, evening, and noon-day" (Ps. 55:17, etc.). The Greeks, following the Babylonians, divided the day into twelve hours. The Jews, during the Captivity, learned also from the Babylonians this method of dividing time. When Judea became subject to the Romans, the Jews adopted the Roman mode of reckoning time. The night was divided into four watches (Luke 12:38; Matt. 14:25; 13:25). Frequent allusion is also made to hours (Matt. 25:13; 26:40, etc.). (See DAY.)
An hour was the twelfth part of the day, reckoning from sunrise to sunset, and consequently it perpetually varied in length.
HOUR measure of time. The space of sixty minutes, or the twenty-fourth part of a natural day. Vide Date; Fraction; and Co. Litt. 135; 3 Chit. Pr. 110.
Hourglass (n.) An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower.
Note: A similar instrument measuring any other interval of time takes its name from the interval measured; as, a half-hour glass, a half-minute glass. A three-minute glass is sometimes called an egg-glass, from being used to time the boiling of eggs.
Hourglass (n.) A sandglass that runs for sixty minutes.
Houris (n. pl. ) of Houri.
Houri (n.) A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans.
Houri (n.) A voluptuously beautiful young woman [syn: nymph, houri].
Houri (n.) (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise.
Houri, (n.) A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul. By that good lady the Houris are said to be held in deficient esteem.
Hourly (a.) Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual.
In hourly expectation of a martyrdom. -- Sharp.
Hourly (adv.) Every hour; frequently; continually.
Great was their strife, which hourly was renewed. -- Dryden.
Compare: Cyclic
Cyclic, Cyclical, () Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time. -- Coleridge.
Cyclic, Cyclical, () (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure.
Opposite of acyclic.
Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic; homocyclic, isocyclic].
Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.
Cyclic, Cyclical, () Recurring in cycles [2]; having a pattern that repeats at approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of noncyclic.
Note: [Narrower terms: alternate(prenominal), alternating(prenominal); alternate(prenominal), every other(prenominal), every second(prenominal); alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal); biyearly; circadian exhibiting 24-hour periodicity); circular; daily, diurnal; fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; midweek, midweekly; seasonal; semestral, semestrial; semiannual, biannual, biyearly; semiweekly, biweekly; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial; bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly; monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal); triennial].
Cyclic, Cyclical, () Marked by repeated cycles[2].
Cyclic chorus, The chorus which performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
Cyclic poets, Certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a single subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject. -- Milman.
Hourly (adv.) Every hour; by the hour; "daily, hourly, I grew stronger."
Hourly (a.) Occurring every hour or payable by the hour; "hourly chimes"; "hourly pay."
Hours (n. pl.) (Myth.) Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
Lo! where the rosy-blosomed Hours,
Fair Venus' train, appear. -- Gray.
Hours (n.) A period of time assigned for work; "they work long hours."
Hours (n.) An indefinite period of time; "they talked for hours."
Housage (n.) A fee for keeping goods in a house. [R.] -- Chambers.
Houses (n. pl. ) of House.
House (n.) A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion.
Houses are built to live in; not to look on. -- Bacon.
Bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench Are from their hives and houses driven away. -- Shak.
House (n.) Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.
House (n.) Those who dwell in the same house; a household.
One that feared God with all his house. -- Acts x. 2.
House (n.) A family of
ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a
tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of
Austria; the house of
The last remaining pillar of their house, The one transmitter of their ancient name. -- Tennyson.
House (n.) One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament.
House (n.) (Com.) A firm, or commercial establishment.
House (n.) A public house; an inn; a hotel.