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dishouse, v.|dɪsˈhaʊz|
Also 7 dishowse.
[f. dis- 6 or 7 + house v. or n.]
1. trans. To oust or expel from a house; also, to deprive of a habitation. Chiefly in disˈhoused ppl. a. (also absol.), disˈhousing vbl. n.
c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. lviii. iii, Make them melt as the dishowsed snaile. 1648J. Goodwin Right and Might 12 The Members of Parliament dishous'd by the Army. 1865Masson Rec. Brit. Philos. ii. 60 The dishoused population of spirits. 1892Pall Mall G. 21 Jan. 3/2 Providing cheap railway accommodation for the dishoused workers. 1900Daily News 4 Jan. 3/1 The evil of dishousing altogether would be substituted for the evil of living in places unfit for habitation. Ibid. 8 Jan. 7/1 Such considerations as the fate of the dishoused. 1901Westm. Gaz. 5 Sept. 2/3 To secure sites for the dishoused. 1902Ibid. 13 Dec. 5/1 The dishousing of the inhabitants of the slums. 1921Contemp. Rev. Oct. 451 Large closing orders are out of the question because of the dishousing they would occasion.
2. To clear (ground) of houses.
1640Somner Antiq. Canterb. 191, I suppose those houses taken downe..the same ground being so dishoused and laid open. 1891Chicago Advance 5 Mar., To ‘dishouse’ all the disease-breeding section..and reconstruct its streets. |