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1. hǒus n.

428 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) A building for human residence, house, dwelling; (b) fig. the grave or bier; (c) a house as property; (d) hous of dwellinge, a dwelling house, residence; hous and hom, house and home; hous no hold

2. madm-hūs n.

Additional spellings: madmhus
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A treasure-house, treasury.

3. ireordung-hūs n.

Additional spellings: ireordunghus
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A dining hall, refectory.

4. salt-hǒus n.

Additional spellings: salthous
13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A building used for making or storing salt; (b) in place names and surnames.

5. bel(le-hǒus n.

Additional spellings: belhous, belle-hous, bellehous
12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A bell tower; the steeple or belfry of a church; (b) in personal names.

6. unhus-bō̆nding(e ger.

Additional spellings: unhusbonding, unhus-bondinge, unhusbondinge
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Inattentiveness to agriculture, neglect of the craft of farming.

7. hū̆sting n.

23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A council or assembly called on a special occasion by a king or other leader; holden (setten) husting, to hold such an assembly; (b) ?the members of a council; (c) a court of common pleas…

8. bāk(e-hǒus n.

Additional spellings: bakhous, bake-hous, bakehous
24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A building or a room equipped for baking bread, a bakery (as in a lord's household, a village); comon bak-hous; also, a bakery with its staff of officers and servants; office of the bak-hous,

9. hus-wī̆frī(e n.

Additional spellings: huswifri, hus-wifrie, huswifrie
6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The duties of a housewife, art of keeping house, household affairs; (b) a particular occupation or activity of a housewife.

10. hǒus-bō̆nd(e n.

Additional spellings: housbond, hous-bonde, housbonde
107 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A male spouse, married man, husband; also fig.; (b) alch.?sophic sulphur.

11. sǒmer-hǒus n.

Additional spellings: somerhous
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A summer residence; a building set in a cool or shady place; also, ?a storehouse, barn [last quot.]; (b) in surname and place name [see Smith PNElem.2.168].

12. wist(e n.

Additional spellings: wiste
9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Provisions, esp. food;—also pl.; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.270].

13. tīle-hǒus n.

Additional spellings: tilehous
6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A building used for the making of tiles; (b) as place name.

14. crucet-hūs n.

Additional spellings: crucethus
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[A kind of torture chamber.]

15. gest n.

95 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) An invited guest, a guest at a meal, banquet, etc.; unboden gest, an uninvited guest; (b) a stranger or traveler entertained in one's home; one entertained by a monastery or the like; goddes gest

16. hǒus-carl n.

Additional spellings: houscarl
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(a) A member of the household troops of a Danish king, an armed retainer; (b) as surname.

17. usher n.

55 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) An official in a household (chiefly noble or royal), usu. in charge of admitting people to a hall or chamber, as well as of supervising protocol, seating, service, etc. at a feast; also, a…

18. ūse n.(1)

193 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) The act of using or employing something; the fact of being used or employed; use, employment; also, the right to the use (of sth.) [last quot.]; the capacity for use (of reason) [quot. ?a1475]…