4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Housewife \House"wife`\, Housewive \House"wive`\, v. t. To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize. [1913 Webster] Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well housewived. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Housewife \House"wife`\, n. [House + wife. Cf. {Hussy}.] 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He a good husband, a good housewife she. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. (Usually pronounced ?.) [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. [1913 Webster] 3. A hussy. [R.] [Usually written {huswife}.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] {Sailor's housewife}, a ditty-bag. Housewife From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Huswife \Hus"wife\, n. [OE. huswif; hus house + wif wife. Cf. {Hussy} a housewife, {Housewife}.] [Written also {housewife}.] 1. A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman. "The bounteous huswife Nature." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The huswife is she that do labor doth fall. --Tusser. [1913 Webster] 2. A worthless woman; a hussy. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. [See {Hussy} a bag.] A case for sewing materials. See {Housewife}. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: housewife n : a wife who who manages a household while her husband earns the family income [syn: {homemaker}, {lady of the house}, {woman of the house}] [also: {housewives} (pl)]
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