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A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank. [Eng.]

land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city. The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of New York. Kent.

Furnished or built with short studs; as, a low-studded house or room.

to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest. All the clouds that lowered upon our house. Shak.

Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.

except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation. Brande. Burrill. Your kindred shuns your house As beaten hence by your strange lunacy. Shak.

A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions.

The farm attached to a mansion house. [Scot.]

A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer.

separated from the grain." Sir H. Davy. -- Malt floor, a floor for drying malt. -- Malt house, or Malthouse, a house in which malt is made. -- Malt kiln, a heated chamber for drying malt.

A person who conducts business or household affairs with economy and frugality; a good economist. A prince of great aspiring thoughts; in the main, a manager of his treasure. Sir W. Temple.

scription by marks, numbers, etc., of each package of goods, to be exhibited at the customhouse. Bouvier.

ometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services. Burrill. Manor house, or Manor seat, the house belonging to a manor.

A dwelling house, generally with land attached.

A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter. [Obs.] In my Father's house are many mansions. John xiv. 2. These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions keep. Den

The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses.

A retinue of servants; a household. [Obs.] Chaucer.

en space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold. There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool. John v. 2.

seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household. [Eng.] Court of Marshalsea, a court formerly held before the steward and marshal of the king's house to administer justice between the king's domestic servants. Blackstone.

The European house martin.