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house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe [Lat.], folly,<br />

rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage,<br />

hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa [Sp.], country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame<br />

house, shingle house, tenement house; temple &c 1000.<br />

hamlet, village, thorp † , dorp † , ham, kraal; borough, burgh, town, city, capital,<br />

metropolis; suburb; province, country; county town, county seat; courthouse [U.S.];<br />

ghetto.<br />

street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda † , board walk, embankment, road,<br />

row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd [Scot.], close [Scot.], yard, passage, rents,<br />

buildings, mews.<br />

square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister;<br />

gardens, grove, residences; block of buildings, market place, place, plaza.<br />

anchorage, roadstead, roads; dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor.<br />

quarter, parish &c (region) 181.<br />

assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry;<br />

hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow † , khan, hospice; public house, pub, pot house,<br />

mug house; gin mill, gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house [U.S.], cabaret, chophouse;<br />

club, clubhouse; cookshop † , dive [U.S.], exchange [Euph.]; grill room, saloon [U.S.],<br />

shebeen † ; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet † ,<br />

posada † ; almshouse † , poorhouse, townhouse [U.S.].<br />

garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance † , demesne.<br />

[quarters for animals] cage, terrarium, doghouse; pen, aviary; barn, stall; zoo.<br />

V. take up one's abode &c (locate oneself) 184; inhabit &c (be present) 186.<br />

Adj. urban, metropolitan; suburban; provincial, rural, rustic; domestic; cosmopolitan;<br />

palatial.<br />

Phr. eigner Hert ist goldes Werth [G.]; even cities have their graves [Longfellow]; ubi<br />

libertas ibi patria [Lat.]; home sweet home.<br />

190. [Things contained.] Contents -- N. contents; cargo, lading, freight, shipment, load,<br />

bale, burden, jag; cartload † , shipload; cup of, basket of, &c (receptacle) 191 of; inside &c<br />

221; stuffing, ullage.<br />

191. Receptacle -- N. receptacle; inclosure &c 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory.<br />

compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, recess, nook; crypt, stall,<br />

pigeonhole, cove, oriel; cave &c (concavity) 252.<br />

capsule, vesicle, cyst, pod, calyx, cancelli, utricle, bladder; pericarp, udder.<br />

stomach, paunch, venter, ventricle, crop, craw, maw, gizzard, breadbasket; mouth.<br />

pocket, pouch, fob, sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase,<br />

scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule, budget, net; ditty bag,<br />

ditty box; housewife, hussif; saddlebags; portfolio; quiver &c (magazine) 636.<br />

chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary;<br />

trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise; grip, grip sack [U.S.]; skippet, vasculum; boot,<br />

imperial; vache; cage, manger, rack.<br />

vessel, vase, bushel, barrel; canister, jar; pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper,<br />

maund † , creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper,<br />

dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil; brazier; cuspidor, spittoon.

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