housewife

Definitions

1. 1.(Usually pronounced Etym: [See Hussy, in this sense.] A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy. [Written also huswife.] P. Skelton.
2. 2.A hussy. [R.] [Usually written huswife.] Shak. Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag.
3. 3.To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize. Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well housewived. Fuller.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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