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A house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in England, applied only to a house so used by Dissenters.

A hall for public meetings; a hall of judgment. [Obs.] "The moot-hall of Herod." Wyclif.

s belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridæ. The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed, or deer, mouse (Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest.…

A European species of hawkweed (Hieracium Pilosella). Mouse-ear chickweed, a name of two common species of chickweed (Cerastium vulgarium, and C. viscosum). -- Mouse-ear cress, a low cruciferous herb (Sisymbrium Thaliana). All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name.

See Frogfish.

A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse.

A little mouse. Thackeray.

A cat that catches mice.

prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse.

An alehouse; a pothouse. Tickel.

A building for the shelter of neat cattle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Massinger.

To insnare; to entrap. [Obs.] Johnson.

A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an outbuilding.

Warehouse for storing goods.

See 1st Peel. Sir W. Scott.

A penthouse. [Obs.]

main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively. "The penthouse of his eyes." Sir W. Scott.

A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease.

A house for children to play in; a toyhouse.

A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.