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provided with proper materials for relieving, employing, 
and correcting, perfons fent to the tame. ' And two juili- 
ces lhall vifit the fame twice or oftener in a year, and ex¬ 
amine into the effate and management thereof, and report 
the fame at the feflions. The governor or snafter of a 
houfe of correction milbehaving himfelf, may be fined or 
turned out, at the difcretion of the jullices. Offenders 
liable to be fent to the houfe of correction, where the time 
and manner of their punilhment is not exprefsly limited 
by law, may be committed until the next feffions, or un¬ 
til difcharged by due courfe of law. 
By the fiat, 22 Geo. III. c. 64, and the flat. 24 Geo. III. 
c. 55, the quarter-feflions may appoint certain jullices to 
be vifitors and infpeftors of fuch houfes.—The flat. 
31 Geo. III. c. 46, regulates the appointment and conduft 
of the governor and other officers of fuch houfes ; as alfo 
the appointment of the vifiting juflices.—The above. Ha- 
tutes contain alfo many other regulations as to fuch houfes 
of correction, a fchedule of rules and orders for their go¬ 
vernment, as to employing and feeding the perfons there¬ 
in 5 and which rules and orders are to be fixed up in 
every houfe of correction. See the article Gaol, vol. viii. 
p. 243—246. 
HOU'SE-DOG, f. A maftiff kept to guard the houfe.—- 
You fee the goodnefs of the mailer even in the old houfe- 
dog. Addifon. 
HOUSE ISLAND, one of the Shetland Iflands, about 
feven miles long, and one broad. Lat. 60. 5.N. Ion. 1.37. 
E. Edinburgh. 
HOU'SE-LAMB,/ A lamb kept up to be fatted; the 
flefh of the moll delicate fat lamb. 
HOU'SE-MAID, f. A maid employed to keep the houfe 
clean.—The lioufe-maid may put out the candle againli the- 
looking-glafs. Swift. 
HOU'SE-PAINTER, f. Qne whofe bufinefs is to paint 
houfes ; a common painter. 
HOU'SE-WARMING,/ A feall or merrymaking upon 
going into a new houfe. 
H&U'SEBOTE, a term which fignifies efovers, or an 
allowance of neceflary timber out of the lord’s wood, for 
the repairing and fupport of a houfe or tenement. And 
this belongs of common right to any lelfee for years or 
for life, holding under fuch lord. But, if he take more 
than is needful, he may be punilhed by an aClion of walle. 
HOUSEHOLD, f. A family living together.—A little 
kingdom is a great houfehold, and a great houfehold a little 
kingdom. Bacon. 
Of God obferv’d, 
The one-jull man alive, by his command, 
Shall build a wond’rous ark, as thou beheld’ff,.- 
To fave himfelf and houfehold from amidll 
A world devote to univerfal wreck. Milton. 
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houferaifers. Wotton. —One who lives much 
Family-life; domellic management : 
An inventory, thus importing 
The feveral parcels of his plate, his treafure. 
Rich fluffs, and ornaments of houfehold. Shakefpeare. 
It is ufed in the manner of an adjeCtive, to fignify do- 
meftic ; belonging to the family.—Cornelius called two 
of his houfehold fervants. AEls, x. 7. 
For nothing lovelier can be found 
In woman, than to Hudy houfehold good ; 
And good works in her hulband to promote. Milton. 
HOUSEHOLD, adj. Domellic, belonging to the houfe. 
HOU'SEFIOLD-STUFF, J'. Furniture of la houfe; uten- 
fds convenient for a family. 
^?V/ SEE ' 0 ' L ' DE '^’ J' ^ Ia ft er of a family.—A certain 
noteholder planted a vineyard. Mat. xxi. 
keepers, than 
at home: 
How do you both? You are manifeft houfckeepcrs. 
What are you fewing there ? Shakefpeare. 
A woman fervant that has care of a family, and fuperin- 
tends the other maid fervants: 
Merry folks, who want by chance 
A pair to make a country-dance, 
Call the old koufekeeper, and get her. 
To fill a place for want of belter. Swift 
HOUSEKEEPING, adj. Domellic ; ufeful to a fami¬ 
ly.—His houfe for plealant profpefl, large fcope, and other 
houfekeeping commodities, challengeth the pre-eminence. 
Carezo. 
HOUSEKEEPING,/. Hofpitality; liberal and plen¬ 
tiful table.—His table was one of the laft that gave us an 
example of the old houfekeeping of an Englifh nobleman ; 
an abundance reigned, which Ihowed the mailer’s hofpi¬ 
tality. Prior. 
HOU'SEL, f. [huj’I, Sax. from hunfel, Gothic, a facri- 
'fice, or hoflia, dimin. hofiola, Lat.] The holy eucharilt. 
To HOU'SEL, v. a. To give or receive the eucharill. 
Both noun and verb are now obfolete. 
HOU'SELEEK,/ in botany. See Sempervivum. 
FIOU'SELESS, adj. Wanting abode ; wanting habita¬ 
tion.—'This hoxifelefs, buffering, dying, Jefus,fed many thou- 
fands with five loaves and two fillies. W'ejl. 
HOU'-SEROOM,/ Place in a houfe -• 
Houferoom, that colls him nothing, he bellow’s; 
Yet Hill we fcribble on, though llill w'e lofe. Dryden. 
IIOU'SEWIFE, f. This is now' frequently written, huf- 
wife, or huffy. —The miftrefs of a family.-—You will think 
it unfit for a good houfewife to Hir in or to bufy herfelf 
about her houlewifery. Spenfer. —A female oeconomiH.—• 
The fairelt among the daughters of Britain lliow them- 
felves good Hatefwomen as well as good houfewives. Addifon. 
Farmers in degree, 
He a good hulband, a good houfewife Ihe. Dryden. 
One Ikilled in female bufinefs.—He was bred up under 
the tuition of a tender mother, till fire made hihi as good 
a houfewife as herfelf; he could prefer ve apricots, and make 
jellies. Addifon. 
HOU'SE WIFELY, adj. Skilled in the afls becoming a 
houfewife. Taken from houfewifery.—By this houfewifely 
metaphor our anceftors meant to inform us, that the lands 
fliould be mixed and blended together, and then divided 
in equal portions. Blackfone. 
HOU'SE WIFERY,/ Domefiic or female bufinefs 5 ma¬ 
nagement becoming the mifirefs of a family: 
He ordain’d a lady for his prize. 
Generally praifeful; fair and young, and Ikilled in houfe- 
wifenes. Chapman. 
Female ceconomy.—Learn good works for neceflary ufes; 
for St. Paul expreffes the obligation of Chriftian women, 
to. good houfewifery, and charitable provilions for their fa¬ 
mily and neighbourhood. Taylor. 
. HOU'SING, f. The act of fecuring in a houfe. Quan¬ 
tity of inhabited building.—London is fupplied with peo¬ 
ple to increafe its inhabitants, according to the increafe 
of houfing. Graunt. —[From koufeaux, heufes, or houfes, Fr.] 
Cloth originally ufed to keep off dirt, now added to fid¬ 
dles as ornamental. 
HOUS'LING, adj. [from houfel. ] Sacramental, allud¬ 
ing to the Roman-catholic facrament of marriage: 
His own two hands the holy knotts did knitt, 
That none but death for ever can divide; 
HOU SEKEEPER,/ Houfeholder; mafler of a family. ow ne tw'o hands, for fuch a turne moff fitt, 
•—It I may credit, houjekeepers and fubllantial tradefmen, The houfing fire did kindle and provide, 
all torts of provilions and commodities are rifen excef- And holy water thereon fprinkled wide ; 
u.vely. Locke.— One who lives in plenty; one that exer- At which the bulhy teade a gropme did light, 
ales hofpitality.—The people are apter to applaud houfe - And facred lamp in fecret chamber hide. Fairy Queen. 
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