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Housing   /hˈaʊzɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Housing  n.  
1.
The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.
2.
That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively.
3.
(Arch.)
(a)
The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another.
(b)
A niche for a statue.
4.
(Mach.) A frame or support for holding something in place, such as a piece of machinery, journal boxes, etc.
5.
(Naut.)
(a)
That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
(b)
A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up.
(c)
A houseline. See Houseline.


Housing  n.  
1.
A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
2.
An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.


verb
House  v. t.  (past & past part. housed; pres. part. housing)  
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." "House your choicest carnations, or rather set them under a penthouse."
2.
To drive to a shelter.
3.
To admit to residence; to harbor. "Palladius wished him to house all the Helots."
4.
To deposit and cover, as in the grave.
5.
(Naut.) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars.


House  v. i.  
1.
To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge. "You shall not house with me."
2.
(Astrol.) To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8. "Where Saturn houses."





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... things, any way. Well, I mind the time when there was a great storm, and grandfather had to be up all night, housing the poor craturs; for the lambs were coming fast. A little past midnight, mother called me, and there we sat till morning, before a blazing fire, warming up one and another, as he brought them in. I sat down on a cricket, ...
— Minnie's Pet Lamb • Madeline Leslie
... feet turn to him in peace, shall yield to the points thereof, and the long flashing blades of steel. Who holds not his foe away from his cistern with sword and spear, it is broken and spoiled; who uses not roughness, him shall men wrong. Who seeks far away from kin for housing, takes foe for friend; who honors himself not well, no honor gains he from men. Who makes of his soul a beast of burden to bear men's loads, nor shields it one day from shame, yea, sorrow shall be his lot. Whatso be the shaping of mind that a man is born withal, though he think it lies hid from men, ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 2 • Charles Dudley Warner
... boiler connections are omitted, also the housing for the protection of the crew. The design is characterized by the evident care which has been bestowed upon securing ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 • Various
... provoking! Poor Percival's—' then she turned it the right way up, looked unutterably foolish and meekly handed it over to Aunt Lucy. It was from the old lady's stockbroker and referred to some transaction or other in Housing Bonds." ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, September 1st, 1920 • Various
... under the wall of a castle. That graceless thief took up his neighbor's ewer, saying, "I am going to my ablutions;" and he was setting out for plunder. Behold a religious man, who threw a patched cloak over his shoulders; he made the covering of the Cabah the housing of an ass. So soon as he got out of the sight of the dervishes, he scaled a bastion of the fort and stole a casket. Before break of day that gloomy-minded robber had got a great way off, and left his innocent companions asleep. In the morning they were ...
— Persian Literature, Volume 2, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The - Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan • Anonymous


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