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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
House \House\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Housed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Housing}.] [AS. h?sian.]
1. 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.
2. To drive to a shelter. --Shak.
3. To admit to residence; to harbor.
Palladius wished him to house all the Helots. --Sir
P. Sidney.
4. To deposit and cover, as in the grave. --Sandys.
5. (Naut.) To stow in a safe place to take down and make
safe; as to house the upper spars.
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