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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 Sempervivum (Sempervivum tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also ayegreen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being houseless. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Housling. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ See Noose. ] To insnare; to entrap. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. osel, AS. ōsle; akin to G. amsel, OHG. amsala, and perh. to L. merula blackbird. Cf. Merle, Amsel. ] (Zool.) One of several species of European thrushes, especially the blackbird (Merula merula, or Turdus merula), and the mountain or ring ousel (Turdus torquatus). [ Written also ouzel. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Rock ousel (Zool.), the ring ousel. --
Water ousel (Zool.), the European dipper (Cinclus aquaticus), and the American dipper (Cinclus Mexicanus). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of a spouse; unmarried. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Same as Tousle. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not having received the sacrament. [ Obs. ] [ Written also unhouselled. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To die like the houseless dog on yonder common, unshriven and unhouseled. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]