housewifery (or as huzzifry), houswifry, huswifery, huswyfery

[Eng. housewife; -ry.] The busine of a housewife; female management of the domestic affairs of a household; skill in managing a household; economy. "The labor of her I do huswifery call." Tu er: Huswife and Huswifery. *hou-si-a, *hou , hou e, 8. [Fr. hou e ; Low Lat. husia .] Housings (q. v.). "Where man ended, the continued vest Spread on his back, the hou and trappings of a beast." Dryden: Ovid; Metamorphoses xii. hous-le, s. [Eng. house; dim in. suff. -ie=-y] A little house. ( Burns: To a Mouse.)