Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 50
House (n.) (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours.
House (n.) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
House (n.) An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house.
House (n.) The body, as the habitation of the soul.
This mortal house I'll ruin, Do C[ae]sar what he can. -- Shak.
House (n.) Usage: [With an adj., as narrow, dark, etc.] The grave. "The narrow house." -- Bryant.
Note: House is much used adjectively and as the first element of compounds. The sense is usually obvious; as, house cricket, housemaid, house painter, housework.
House ant (Zool.), A very small, yellowish brown ant ({Myrmica molesta), which often infests houses, and sometimes becomes a great pest.
House of bishops (Prot. Epis. Ch.), One of the two bodies composing a general convertion, the other being House of Clerical and Lay Deputies.
House boat, A covered boat used as a dwelling.
House of call, A place, usually a public house, where journeymen connected with a particular trade assemble when out of work, ready for the call of employers. [Eng.]
To bring down the house. See under Bring.
To keep house, To maintain an independent domestic establishment.
To keep open house, To entertain friends at all times.
Syn: Dwelling; residence; abode. See Tenement.
Housed (imp. & p. p.) of House.
Housing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of House.
House (v. t.) To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle.
At length have housed me in a humble shed. -- Young.
House your choicest carnations, or rather set them under a penthouse. -- Evelyn.
House (v. t.) To drive to a shelter. -- Shak.
House (v. t.) To admit to residence; to harbor.
Palladius wished him to house all the Helots. -- Sir P. Sidney.
House (v. t.) To deposit and cover, as in the grave. -- Sandys.
House (v. t.) (Naut.) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars.
House (v. i.) To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge.
You shall not house with me. -- Shak.
House (v. i.) (Astrol.) To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8. "Where Saturn houses." -- Dryden.
House (n.) A dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house".
House (n.) The members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house" [syn: firm, house, business firm].
House (n.) The members of a religious community living together.
House (n.) The audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema; "the house applauded"; "he counted the house".
House (n.) An official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral legislature has two houses".
House (n.) Aristocratic family line; "the House of York".
House (n.) Play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; "the children were playing house".
House (n.) (Astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided [syn: sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house].
House (n.) The management of a gambling house or casino; "the house gets a percentage of every bet".
House (n.) A social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" [syn: family, household, house, home, menage].
House (n.) A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full" [syn: theater, theatre, house].
House (n.) A building in which something is sheltered or located; "they had a large carriage house".
House (v.) Contain or cover; "This box houses the gears".
House (v.) Provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town" [syn: house, put up, domiciliate].
House, () Till their sojourn in Egypt the Hebrews dwelt in tents. They then for the first time inhabited cities (Gen. 47:3; Ex. 12:7; Heb. 11:9). From the earliest times the Assyrians and the Canaanites were builders of cities. The Hebrews after the Conquest took possession of the captured cities, and seem to have followed the methods of building that had been pursued by the Canaanites. Reference is made to the stone (1 Kings 7:9; Isa. 9:10) and marble (1 Chr. 29:2) used in building, and to the internal wood-work of the houses (1 Kings 6:15; 7:2; 10:11, 12; 2 Chr. 3:5; Jer. 22:14). "Ceiled houses" were such as had beams inlaid in the walls to which wainscotting was fastened (Ezra 6:4; Jer. 22:14; Hag. 1:4). "Ivory houses" had the upper parts of the walls adorned with figures in stucco with gold and ivory (1 Kings 22:39; 2 Chr. 3:6; Ps. 45:8).
The roofs of the dwelling-houses were flat, and are often alluded to in Scripture (2 Sam. 11:2; Isa. 22:1; Matt. 24:17). Sometimes tents or booths were erected on them (2 Sam. 16:22). They were protected by parapets or low walls (Deut. 22:8). On the house-tops grass sometimes grew (Prov. 19:13; 27:15; Ps. 129:6, 7). They were used, not only as places of recreation in the evening, but also sometimes as sleeping-places at night (1 Sam. 9:25, 26; 2 Sam. 11:2; 16:22; Dan. 4:29; Job 27:18; Prov. 21:9), and as places of devotion (Jer. 32:29; 19:13).
House, () estates. A place for the habitation and dwelling of man. This word has several significations, as it is applied to different things. In a grant or demise of a house, the curtilage and garden will pass, even without the words "with the appurtenances," being added. Cro. Eliz. 89; S. C.; 3 Leon. 214; 1 Plowd. 171; 2 Saund. 401 note 2; 4 Penn. St. R; 93.
House, () In a grant or demise of a house with the appurtenances, no more, will pass, although other lands have been occupied with the house. 1 P. Wms. 603; Cro. Jac. 526; 2 Co. 32; Co. Litt. 5 d.; Id. 36 a. b.; 2 Saund. 401, note 2.
House, () If a house, originally entire, be divided into several apartments, with an outer door to each apartment and no communication with each other subsists, in such case the several apartments are considered as distinct houses. 6 Mod. 214; Woodf. Land. & Ten. 178.
House, () In cases of burglary, the mansion or dwelling-house in which the burglary might be committed, at common law includes the outhouses, though not under the same roof or adjoining to the dwelling-house provided they were within the curtilage, or common fence, as the dwelling or mansion house. 3 Inst. 64; 1 Hale, 558; 4 Bl. Com. 225; 2 East, P. C. 493; 1 Hayw. N. C. Rep. 102, 142; 2 Russ. on Cr. 14.
House, () The term house, in case of arson, includes not only the dwelling but all the outhouses, as in the case of burglary. It is a maxim in law that every man's house is his castle, and there he is entitled to perfect security; this asylum cannot therefore be legally invaded, unless by an officer duly authorized by legal process; and this process must be of a criminal nature to authorize the breaking of an outer door; and even with it, this cannot be done, until after demand of admittance and refusal. 5 Co. 93; 4 Leon. 41; T. Jones, 234. The house may be also broken for the purpose of executing a writ of habere facias. 5 Co. 93; Bac. Ab. Sheriff, N 3.
House, () The house protects the owner from the service of all civil process in the first instance, but not if he is once lawfully arrested and he takes refuge in his own house; in that case, the officer may pursue him and break open any door for the purpose. Foster, 320; 1 Rolle, R. 138; Cro. Jac. 555; Bac. Ab. ubi sup. In the civil law the rule was nemo de domo sua extrahi debet. Dig. 50, 17, 103. Vide, generally, 14 Vin. Ab. 315; Yelv. 29 a, n. 1; 4 Rawle, R. 342; Arch. Cr. Pl. 251; and Burglary.
House, () House is used figuratively to signify a collection of persons, as the house of representatives; or an institution, as the house of refuge; or a commercial firm, as the house of A B & Co. of New Orleans; or a family, as, the house of Lancaster, the house of York.
House, (n.) A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beetle, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea, bacillus and microbe.
House of Correction, () A place of reward for political and personal service, and for the detention of offenders and appropriations.
House of God, () A building with a steeple and a mortgage on it.
House-dog, () A pestilent beast kept on domestic premises to insult persons passing by and appal the hardy visitor.
House-maid, () A youngerly person of the opposing sex employed to be variously disagreeable and ingeniously unclean in the station in which it has pleased God to place her.
House, NM -- U.S. village in New Mexico
Population (2000): 72
Housing Units (2000): 52
Land area (2000): 0.920115 sq. miles (2.383088 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.920115 sq. miles (2.383088 sq. km)
FIPS code: 33710
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 34.648034 N, 103.903803 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 88121
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
House, NM
House
Housebote (n.) (Law) Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.
HOUSE-BOTE. () An allowance of necessary timber out of the landlord's woods, for the repairing and support of a house or tenement. This belongs of common-right to any lessee for years or for life. House-bote is said to be of two kinds, estoveriam aedificandi et ardendi. Co. Litt. 41.
Housebreaker (n.) One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.
Housebreaker (n.) A burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house [syn: housebreaker, cat burglar]
Housebreaker (n.) A wrecker of houses; "in England a housewrecker is called a housebreaker" [syn: housewrecker, housebreaker].
Housebreaking (n.) The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break.
Housebreaking (n.) Trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent [syn: housebreaking, break-in, breaking and entering].
Housebuilder (n.) One whose business is to build houses; a housewright.
Housebuilder (n.) Someone who builds houses as a business [syn: homebuilder, home-builder, housebuilder, house-builder].
Housecarl (n.) (Eng. Arch[ae]ol.) A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute.
Household (n.) 一家人；家眷；家庭，戶 [C] [G] Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.
And calls, without affecting airs, His household twice a day to prayers. -- Swift.
Household (n.) A line of ancestory; a race or house. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Household (a.) [B] 家的，家庭的；家用的；普通的；為人所熟知的 Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs.
Household bread, Bread made in the house for common use; hence, bread that is not of the finest quality. [Obs.]
Household gods (Rom. Antiq.), The gods presiding over the house and family; the Lares and Penates; hence, all objects endeared by association with home.
Household troops, Troops appointed to attend and guard the sovereign or his residence.
Household (n.) A social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" [syn: family, household, house, home, menage].
Householder (n.) [C] 住戶，居住者；戶主，家長 The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with his family.
Towns in which almost every householder was an English Protestant. -- Macaulay.
Compound householder. See Compound, a. housekeep.
Householder (n.) Someone who owns a home [syn: homeowner, householder].
Householder (n.) [ C ] The person who owns or is in charge of a house.
Housekeep, House-keep (v. i.) 管家 To take care of all household-related business.
Syn: house-keep, maintain a household, keep house.
Housekeep (v.) Maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household.
Housekeeper (n.) [C] 女管家；女佣人領班；（旅館，醫院等的）勤雜工女領班 One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family. -- Locke.
Housekeeper (n.) One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs.
Housekeeper (n.) One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household. [Obs.] -- Sir H. Wotton.
Housekeeper (n.) One who keeps or stays much at home. [R.]
You are manifest housekeeper. -- Shak.
Housekeeper (n.) A house dog. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Housekeeper (n.) A servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household.
Housekeeper (n.) [ C ] A person, especially a woman, whose job is to organize another person's house and deal with cooking, cleaning, etc..
Housekeeping (n.) [U] 家務，家政；（企業的）內部管理；總務，後勤；家用開支；housekeep的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 The state of occupying a dwelling house as a householder.
Housekeeping (n.) Care of domestic concerns; management of a house and home affairs.
Housekeeping (n.) Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions. [Obs.]
Tell me, softly and hastily, what's in the pantry? Small housekeeping enough, said Ph[oe]be. -- Sir W. Scott.
Housekeeping (a.) Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping commodities.
Housekeeping (n.) The work of cleaning and running a house [syn: housework, housekeeping].
Housekeeping (n.) [ U ] (Money) (Also housekeeping money) The money used for buying food and other things necessary for living in a house.
// My grandfather used to give my grandmother housekeeping each week.
Housel (n.) The eucharist. [Archaic] -- Rom. of R. -- Tennyson.
Housel (v. t.) To administer the eucharist to. [Archaic] -- Chaucer.
Houseleek (n.) (Bot.) A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), 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 ayegreen.
Houseless (a.) 無家的；無家可歸的；無房屋的 Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer.
Houseless, (a.) Having paid all taxes on household goods.
Houselessness (n.) The state of being houseless.
Houseline (n.) (Naut.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing. -- Totten.
Houseling (a.) Same as Housling.
Housemaid (n.) A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms.
Housemaid's knee (Med.), 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.
Housemaid (n.) A female domestic [syn: maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah].
Housemate (n.) One who dwells in the same house with another. -- R. Browning.
Housemate (n.) Someone who resides in the same house with you.
Houseroom (n.) Room or place in a house; as, to give any one houseroom.
Houseroom (n.) Space for accommodation in a house; "I wouldn't give that table houseroom".
Housewarming (n.) A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. -- Johnson.
Housewarming (n.) A party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home.
Housewife (n.) The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. -- Shak.
He a good husband, a good housewife she. -- Dryden.
Housewife (n.) (Usually pronounced ?.) [See Hussy, in this sense.] A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy. [Written also huswife.] -- P. Skelton.
Housewife (n.) A hussy. [R.] [Usually written huswife.] -- Shak.
Sailor's housewife, A ditty-bag. Housewife.
Compare: Huswife
Huswife (n.) [Written also housewife.] A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman. "The bounteous huswife Nature." -- Shak.
The huswife is she that do labor doth fall. -- Tusser.
Huswife (n.) A worthless woman; a hussy. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Huswife (n.) [See Hussy a bag.] A case for sewing materials. See Housewife. -- Cowper.
Housewife (n.) A wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income [syn: housewife, homemaker, lady of the house, woman of the house].
Housewife (v. t.) Alt. of Housewive.
Housewive (v. t.) To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize.
Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well housewived. -- Fuller.
Housewifely (a.) Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent.
A good sort of woman, ladylike and housewifely. -- Sir W. Scott.
Housewifely (a.) Related or suited to a housewife; "housewifely virtues".
Housewifery (n.) The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.
Housewifery (n.) The work of a housewife.
Housework (n.) The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.
Housework (n.) The work of cleaning and running a house [syn: housework, housekeeping].
Housewright (n.) A builder of houses.
Housing (n.) The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.
Housing (n.) That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively. -- Fabyan.
Housing (n.) (Arch.) 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.
Housing (n.) (Arch.) A niche for a statue.
Housing (n.) (Mach.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc.
Housing (n.) (Naut.) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
Housing (n.) (Naut.) A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up.
Housing (n.) (Naut.) A houseline. See Houseline.
Housing (n.) A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
Housing (n.) An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.
Housing (n.) Structures collectively in which people are housed [syn: housing, lodging, living accommodations].
Housing (n.) A protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component.
Housing (n.) Stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse [syn: caparison, trapping, housing].
Housling (a.) Sacramental; as, housling fire. [R.] -- Spenser.
Houss (n.) A saddlecloth; a housing. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Houtou (n.) (Zool.) A beautiful South American motmot. --Waterton.
Houve (n.) A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Houyhnhnm (n.) One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men.
Houyhnhnm (n.) One of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift.
Hove () imp. & p. p. of Heave.
Hove short, Hove to. See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave.
Hove (v. i. & t.) To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell. [Obs. or Scot.] -- Holland. Burns.
Hove (v. i.) To hover around; to loiter; to lurk. [Obs.] -- Gower.
Compare: Heave
Heave (v. t.) [imp. Heaved (h[=e]vd), or Hove (h[=o]v); p. p. Heaved, Hove, formerly Hoven; p. pr. & vb. n. Heaving.] To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.
One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below. -- Shak.
Note: Heave, as now used, implies that the thing raised is heavy or hard to move; but formerly it was used in a less restricted sense.
Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand. -- Herrick.
Heave (v. t.) To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.
Heave (v. t.) To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead.
Heave (v. t.) To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.
The wretched animal heaved forth such groans. -- Shak.
Heave (v. t.) To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.
The glittering, finny swarms That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores. -- Thomson.
To heave a cable short (Naut.), To haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor.
To heave a ship ahead (Naut.), To warp her ahead when not under sail, as by means of cables.
To heave a ship down (Naut.), To throw or lay her down on one side; to careen her.
To heave a ship to (Naut.), To bring the ship's head to the wind, and stop her motion.
To heave about (Naut.), To put about suddenly.
To heave in (Naut.), To shorten (cable).
To heave in stays (Naut.), To put a vessel on the other tack.
To heave out a sail (Naut.), To unfurl it.
To heave taut (Naut.), To turn a capstan, etc., till the rope becomes strained. See Taut, and Tight.
To heave the lead (Naut.), To take soundings with lead and line.
To heave the log. (Naut.) See Log.
To heave up anchor (Naut.), To raise it from the bottom of the sea or elsewhere.
Hovel (n.) An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. -- Brande & C.
Hovel (n.) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
Hovel (n.) (Porcelain Manuf.) A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. -- Knight.
Hoveled (imp. & p. p.) of Hovel.
Hovelled () of Hovel.
Hoveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hovel.
Hovelling () of Hovel.
Hovel (v. t.) To put in a hovel; to shelter.
To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. -- Shak.
The poor are hoveled and hustled together. -- Tennyson.
Hovel (n.) Small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty].
Hovel. () A place used by husbandmen to set their ploughs, carts, and other farming utensils, out of the rain and sun. Law Latin Dict. A shed; a cottage; a mean house.
Hovel, (n.) The fruit of a flower called the Palace.
Twaddle had a hovel, Twiddle had a palace; Twaddle said: "I'll grovel Or he'll think I bear him malice" -- A sentiment as novel As a castor on a chalice.
Down upon the middle Of his legs fell Twaddle And astonished Mr. Twiddle, Who began to lift his noddle.
Feed upon the fiddle-Faddle flummery, unswaddle A new-born self-sufficiency and think himself a [mockery.] G. J.
Hoveler (n.) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman. [Written also hoveller.] [Prov. Eng.] -- G. P. R. James.
Hoveling (n.) A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two. [Written also hovelling.]
Hoven () obs. or archaic p. p. of Heave.
Hoven (a.) Affected with the disease called hoove; as, hoven cattle.
Hoven, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
Population (2000): 511
Housing Units (2000): 245
Land area (2000): 0.303559 sq. miles (0.786213 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.303559 sq. miles (0.786213 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30300
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 45.241807 N, 99.776747 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57450
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hoven, SD
Hoven
Hover (n.) A cover; a shelter; a protection. [Archaic] -- Carew. -- C. Kingsley.
Hovered (imp. & p. p.) of Hover.
Hovering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hover.
Hover (v. i.) To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to be suspended in the air above something.
Great flights of birds are hovering about the bridge, and settling on it. -- Addison.
A hovering mist came swimming o'er his sight. -- Dryden.
Hover (v. i.) To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely.
Agricola having sent his navy to hover on the coast. -- Milton.
Hovering o'er the paper with her quill. -- Shak.
Hover (v.) Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" [syn: hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate].
Hover (v.) Move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner" [syn: hover, linger].
Hover (v.) Hang in the air; fly or be suspended above.
Hover (v.) Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate" [syn: levitate, hover].
Hover (v.) Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" [syn: brood, hover, loom, bulk large].
Hoverer (n.) A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm.
Hover-hawk (n.) (Zool.) The kestrel.
Hoveringly (adv.) In a hovering manner.
How (adv.) In what manner or way; by what means or process.
How can a man be born when he is old? -- John iii. 4.
How (adv.) To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality.
O, how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. -- Ps. cxix. 97.
By how much they would diminish the present extent of the sea, so much they would impair the fertility, and fountains, and rivers of the earth. -- Bentley.
How (adv.) For what reason; from what cause.
How now, my love! why is your cheek so pale? -- Shak.
How (adv.) In what state, condition, or plight.
How, and with what reproach, shall I return? --Dryden.
How (adv.) By what name, designation, or title.
How art thou called? -- Shak.
How (adv.) At what price; how dear. [Obs.]
How a score of ewes now? -- Shak.
Note: How is used in each sense, interrogatively, interjectionally, and relatively; it is also often employed to emphasize an interrogation or exclamation. "How are the mighty fallen!" --2 Sam. i. 27. Sometimes, also, it is used as a noun; -- as, the how, the when, the wherefore. -- Shelley.
Let me beg you -- don't say "How?" for "What?" -- Holmes.
Howadji (n.) [Ar.] A traveler.
Howadji (n.) [Ar.] A merchant; -- so called in the East because merchants were formerly the chief travelers.
Howbeit (conj.) Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; although; albeit; yet; but; however.
The Moor -- howbeit that I endure him not Is of a constant, loving, noble nature. -- Shak.
Howdah (n.) [Ar. hawdaj.] A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back of an elephant, for the rider or riders. [Written also houdah.].
Howdah (n.) A (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant [syn: howdah, houdah].