hovel
hovel is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
- 2.(Porcelain Manuf.) A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. Knight.
- 3.To put in a hovel; to shelter. To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. Shak. The poor are hoveled and hustled together. Tennyson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut called?
- What is a large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. Knight called?
- What is to put in a hovel; to shelter. To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. Shak. The poor are hoveled and hustled together. Tennyson called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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