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ay. Royal assent, in England, the assent of the sovereign to a bill which has passed both houses of Parliament, after which it becomes law.

A making over by transfer of title; assignment. House of assignation, a house in which appointments for sexual intercourse are fulfilled.

f presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less definite than in or on; at the house may be in or near the house. From this original import are derived all the various uses of at. It expresses: -

a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit. -- Audit house, Audit room, an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business.

The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered. An avenue of tall elms and branching chestnuts. W. Black.

A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers. Kennet.

A house, inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keeping birds confined; a bird house. Lincolnshire may be termed the aviary of England. Fuller.

The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum). Halliwell.

n or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man. -- Back stairs, stairs in the back part of a house; private stairs. Also used adjectively. See Back stairs, Backstairs, and Backstair, in the Vocabulary. -- Back step (Mil.), the retrograde movement of a man or body of men, without changing front. -- Back stream, a current…

Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way.

A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves. [Obs.]

The place for baking bread; a bakehouse.

A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks." Tubs hanging in the balks. Chaucer.

ctured figure. Air balloon, a balloon for aërial navigation. -- Balloon frame (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether of small timber. -- Balloon net, a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp.

The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.

The business of a bank or of a banker. Banking house, an establishment or office in which, or a firm by whom, banking is done.

of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house.

mbly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.

A tanhouse.

a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.