n. 遮盖, 住房供给, 居留(处), 房屋, 装饰

[化] 外壳

[经] 房地产

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.


Housing \Hous"ing\, n. [From {House}. In some of its senses this
word has been confused with the following word.]
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.
--Fabyan.

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 \Hous"ing\, n. [From {Houss}.]
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.

Houseline \House"line`\, n. (Naut.)
A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called
also {housing}. --Totten.