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Next day we came back to build a house--for a house was also necessary, in order to hold the property.

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  1. noun A structure serving as a dwelling for one or more persons, especially for a family.
  2. noun A household or family.
  3. noun Something, such as a burrow or shell, that serves as a shelter or habitation for a wild animal.
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  • As more quality products flood the market, selecting the right flooring for your house will be a tough nut to crack. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • Additionally, criminal penalties should apply to a property owner who knowingly rents a house or property to someone without notifying them in writing that the house is about to enter or is currently in a stage of the foreclosure proceedings. —  LT Saloon
  • The last two brand new things I bought for my house were a lawn mower and a lamp.
  • UNITED NATIONS, Jan 7 (IPS) - A few days after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Iranian authorities to take immediate measures to ensure the safety of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi, she told IPS in a telephone interview from Tehran that police stood by and watched as her house was attacked by a mob. —  IPS Inter Press Service
  • When the kids go back and forth, if there's a big event at one house, the other house is affected. —  SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines
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room ·  home ·  city ·  build ·  family ·  office ·  life ·  church ·  body ·  people

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house:   housing ·  houses ·  housed
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  1. Middle English hous, from Old English hūs.

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  1. from Middle English hous, hows, hus, from Anglo-Saxon hūs = Old Saxon OFries. hūs = Dutch huis = Middle Low German hūs = Old High German Middle High German hūs, German haus = Icelandic hūs = Danish Swedish hus = Gothic (Moesogothic) hūs (only in comp. gud-hūs, house of God, temple); prob. connected with hut and hoard, and ult. from the root of hide, cover, conceal: see hide, hut, hoard.
  2. from Middle English houscn, howsen, from Anglo-Saxon hūsian, house (= OFries. husa, receive into a house, = Dutch huizen, lodge, dwell, reside, = Middle Low German husen, receive into a house, = Old High German hūsōn, Middle High German husen, German hausen, reside, keep house, house, lodge, = Icelandic hy¯sa = Danish huse, house, harbor), from hūs, house: see house, n.
  3. Also written housse, and formerly houss; from Middle English howse, *housse (?), from Old French housse, a short mantle, a foot-cloth for a horse, a coverlet; cf. Middle Latin reflexive housia, husia, hussia, a long tunic, a coverlet for a horse, hucia, a long tunic, the more orig. Middle Latin form being hulcia, hulcitum, prob. from Middle High German hulst, a covering, or hulse, hulsche, Old High German hulsa, German hülse, a husk, shell, = Dutch hulse, a husk, shell; the same, with added formative -s, as English hull: see hull and holster.
  4. Formerly also houss; from Old French housser, houser, cover with a housing; from the noun: see house, houss, n. Cf. housing.
 

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