Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
house .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A saddlecloth; a housing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
saddlecloth ; ahousing . - noun Obsolete form of
house .
Etymologies
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French housse.
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Examples
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James was not quite patient under these hints, and declared to some of his friends that he was resolved to sing to the praise of God, as he said, “gin I should crack the waas o 'the houss.”
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874
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♦ 'PRINTED BY BUDD ft BART&AM For THOMAS DOBSON, at the stomb-houss,
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