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ompound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction. -- Compound fracture. See Fracture. -- Compound householder, a householder who compounds or arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be included in his rents. [Eng.] -- Compound interest. See Interest. -- Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny. -- Compound leaf (Bot.), a…

ble. Locke. The Parliament of Scotland now convened. Sir R. Baker. Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene. Thomson.

The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household. Burrill.

ountries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household.

Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants. His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong. Macaulay.

A family; a household. [Obs.]

The state of being domestic; domestic character; household life.

A member of a household; a domestic.

stiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty. Ere Hector meets his doom. Pope. And homely household task shall be her doom. Dryden.

Pertaining to the household; domestic. "In this economical misfortune [of ill-assorted matrimony.]" Milton.

The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.

The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy. Himself busy in charge of the household economies. Froude.

itten also intwine.] Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks. Shelley. Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine. Herbert.

An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept. [Enq.] Parker.

Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic. [Obs.] Milton.

The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.

tred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy. A man's foes shall be they of his own household. Matt. x. 36

A purveyor of the king; -- so called, formerly, from going before to provide for his household. [Obs.]

An English freeholder, or substantial householder. [Obs.] Chaucer. The franklin, a small landholder of those days. Sir J. Stephen.

Goods; property; household stuff. Chaucer. Homely gear and common ware. Robynson (More's Utopia)