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hose for extinguishing fires. -- Hose company, a company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.] -- Hose coupling, coupling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end. -- Hose wrench, a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them.…

a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs.

Care of domestic concerns; management of a house and home affairs.

To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize. Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well housewived. Fuller.

The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.

To use or manage in the chase, as hounds. He hunts a pack of dogs. Addison.

The person whose office it is to manage the chase or to look after the hounds. L'Estrange. Huntsman's cup (Bot.), the sidesaddle flower, or common American pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea).

One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist. [R.] God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant left me. Fuller.

Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy. Sherwood.

Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift. There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out. Shak.

A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman. "The bounteous huswife Nature." Shak. The huswife is she that do labor doth fall. Tusser.

Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt with; -- used in a general sense, as applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get along with. This though, impracticable heart Is governed by a dainty-fingered girl. Ro…

The projector, manager, or conductor, of an opera or concert company.

ns call it, is a device in picture with his motto or word, borne by noble or learned personages. Camden.

disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; -- said esp. of great personages who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoid notice. 'T was long ago Since gods come down incognito. Prior. The prince royal of Persia came thither incognito. Tatler.

To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.] The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad. Pope.

The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority.

Not sanitary; unhealthy; as, insanitary conditions of drainage.

ormal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.

One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance.