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House \House\ (hous), n.; pl. {Houses}. [OE. hous, hus, AS. h?s;
akin to OS. & OFries. h?s, D. huis, OHG. h?s, G. haus, Icel.
h?s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh?s, house of God, temple;
and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See {Hide}, and cf. {Hoard},
{Husband}, {Hussy}, {Husting}.]
1. 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.
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Houses are built to live in; not to look on.
--Bacon.
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Bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench
Are from their hives and houses driven away. --Shak.
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2. Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the
phrase to keep house. See below.
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3. Those who dwell in the same house; a household.
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One that feared God with all his house. --Acts x. 2.
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4. 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 Hanover; the house of Israel.
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The last remaining pillar of their house,
The one transmitter of their ancient name.
--Tennyson.
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5. 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}.
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6. (Com.) A firm, or commercial establishment.
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7. A public house; an inn; a hotel.
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8. (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.
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9. A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of
a piece.
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10. An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a
theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house.
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11. The body, as the habitation of the soul.
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This mortal house I'll ruin,
Do C[ae]sar what he can. --Shak.
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12.
Usage: [With an adj., as narrow, dark, etc.] The grave. "The
narrow house." --Bryant.
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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.
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{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}.
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Red \Red\, a. [Compar. {Redder} (-d?r); superl. {Reddest}.] [OE.
red, reed, AS. re['a]d, re['o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries.
r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw.
r["o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r['a]uds, W.
rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr.
'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113.
Cf. {Erysipelas}, {Rouge}, {Rubric}, {Ruby}, {Ruddy},
{Russet}, {Rust}.]
Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar
spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. "Fresh
flowers, white and reede." --Chaucer.
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Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
--Shak.
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Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
and the like.
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Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced,
red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed,
red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
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{Red admiral} (Zool.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa
Atalanta}) common in both Europe and America. The front
wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
feeds on nettles. Called also {Atalanta butterfly}, and
{nettle butterfly}.
{Red ant}. (Zool.)
(a) A very small ant ({Myrmica molesta}) which often infests
houses.
(b) A larger reddish ant ({Formica sanguinea}), native of
Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
species.
{Red antimony} (Min.), kermesite. See {Kermes mineral}
(b), under {Kermes}.
{Red ash} (Bot.), an American tree ({Fraxinus pubescens}),
smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber.
--Cray.
{Red bass}. (Zool.) See {Redfish}
(d) .
{Red bay} (Bot.), a tree ({Persea Caroliniensis}) having the
heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United
States.
{Red beard} (Zool.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona
prolifera}), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
U.S.]
{Red birch} (Bot.), a species of birch ({Betula nigra})
having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored
wood. --Gray.
{Red blindness}. (Med.) See {Daltonism}.
{Red book}, a book containing the names of all the persons in
the service of the state. [Eng.]
{Red book of the Exchequer}, an ancient record in which are
registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam
in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C.
{Red brass}, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
three of zinc.
{Red bug}. (Zool.)
(a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and
produces great irritation by its bites.
(b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus {Pyrrhocoris},
especially the European species ({Pyrrhocoris apterus}),
which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree
trunks.
(c) See {Cotton stainder}, under {Cotton}.
{Red cedar}. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree
({Juniperus Virginiana}) having a fragrant red-colored
heartwood.
(b) A tree of India and Australia ({Cedrela Toona}) having
fragrant reddish wood; -- called also {toon tree} in
India.
{Red horse}. (Zool.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
{Moxostoma macrolepidotum} and allied species.
(b) See the Note under {Drumfish}.
{Red lead}.
(Chem) See under {Lead}, and {Minium}.
{Red-lead ore}. (Min.) Same as {Crocoite}.
{Red liquor} (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also {red mordant}.
{Red maggot} (Zool.), the larva of the wheat midge.
{Red manganese}. (Min.) Same as {Rhodochrosite}.
{Red man}, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
{Red maple} (Bot.), a species of maple ({Acer rubrum}). See
{Maple}.
{Red mite}. (Zool.) See {Red spider}, below.
{Red mulberry} (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color ({Morus rubra}).
{Red mullet} (Zool.), the surmullet. See {Mullet}.
{Red ocher} (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.
{Red perch} (Zool.), the rosefish.
{Red phosphorus}. (Chem.) See under {Phosphorus}.
{Red pine} (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark.
{Red precipitate}. See under {Precipitate}.
{Red Republican} (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
{Red ribbon}, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
{Red sanders}. (Bot.) See {Sanders}.
{Red sandstone}. (Geol.) See under {Sandstone}.
{Red scale} (Zool.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus aurantii})
very injurious to the orange tree in California and
Australia.
{Red silver} (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes {proustite}, or light red
silver, and {pyrargyrite}, or dark red silver.
{Red snapper} (Zool.), a large fish ({Lutjanus aya} syn.
{Lutjanus Blackfordii}) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and
about the Florida reefs.
{Red snow}, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
({Protococcus nivalis}) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
{Red softening} (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.
{Red spider} (Zool.), a very small web-spinning mite
({Tetranychus telarius}) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also {red mite}.
{Red squirrel} (Zool.), the chickaree.
{Red tape},
(a) the tape used in public offices for tying up documents,
etc. Hence,
(b) official formality and delay; excessive bureaucratic
paperwork.
{Red underwing} (Zool.), any species of noctuid moths
belonging to {Catacola} and allied genera. The numerous
species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under
wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange.
{Red water}, a disease in cattle, so called from an
appearance like blood in the urine.
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