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Housing
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of House
(2):
(n.) That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively.
(3):
(n.) A houseline. See Houseline.
(4):
(n.) A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up.
(5):
(n.) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
(6):
(n.) An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.
(7):
(n.) A niche for a statue.
(8):
(n.) A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
(9):
(n.) 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.
(10):
(n.) The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.
(11):
(n.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Housing'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/housing.html. 1828.
