3. Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
[Obs.]
Tell me, softly and hastily, what's in the pantry? Small
housekeeping enough, said Phúbe.
Sir W. Scott.
House"keep`ing, a. Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping
commodities.
Hou"sel (?), n. [OE. housel, husel, AS. hsel; akin to Icel. hsl, Goth.
hunsl a sacrifice.] The eucharist. [Archaic] Rom. of R. Tennyson.
Hou"sel, v. t. [AS. hslian.] To administer the eucharist to. [Archaic]
Chaucer.
House"leek` (?), n. [House + leek.] (Bot.) A succulent plant of the
genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine
Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very
tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also ayegreen.
House"less, a. Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless;
homeless; as, a houseless wanderer.
House"less*ness, n. The state of being houseless.
House"line` (?), n. (Naut.) A small line of three strands used for
seizing; -- called also housing. Totten.
House"ling` (?), a. Same as Housling.
House"maid` (?), n. A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to
take care of the rooms.
Housemaid's knee (Med.), a swelling over the knee, due to an
enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan; -- so called
because frequently occurring in servant girls who work upon their
knees.
House"mate` (?), n. One who dwells in the same house with another. R.
Browning.
House"room` (?), n. Room or place in a house; as, to give any one
houseroom.
House"warm`ing (?), n. A feast or merry-making made by or for a family
or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises.
Johnson.
House"wife` (?), n. [House + wife. Cf. Hussy.] 1. The wife of a
householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
Shak.
He a good husband, a good housewife she.
Dryden.
2. (Usually pronounced &?;.) [See Hussy, in this sense.] A little case
or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female
work; -- called also hussy. [Written also huswife.] P. Skelton.