House,hous, hous, s

s. a abuilding for dwelling in; a dwelling place; household affairs; an edifice appropriated to the service ofGod; a temple; a church; monastery; a college; a family or race; a household; a body of men united in their legislative capacity; a quorum ofa legislative body a firm or commercial establishment; estate; a square; on a che -board; the station of a planet in the heavens,or the twelfth part of the heavens [Astrol.]: v.a. to shelter; to store: v.n. to take shelter or lodgings; to reside. House of call,a house where journeymen of a particular trade a emble when out of work, for the purpose of obtaining employment. House of Correction, a prison for the punishment of idle and disorderly persons. To bring down the house, to provoke a general burst of applause.