Hypertext Webster Gateway: "housed"

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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