n. [ OE. housel, husel, AS. hūsel; akin to Icel. hūsl, Goth. hunsl a sacrifice. ] The eucharist. [ Archaic ] Rom. of R. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ AS. hūslian. ] To administer the eucharist to. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ House + leek. ] (Bot.) A succulent plant of the genus
a. Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless;
n. The state of being houseless. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Naut.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also
a. Same as Housling. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not having received the sacrament. [ Obs. ]
To die like the houseless dog on yonder common, unshriven and unhouseled. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]