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ˈsick-house Now rare.
[f. sick a. Cf. MDu. siechuus, ziechuys, MLG. zeekhûs, MHG. siechhûs (G. -haus), Sw. sjukhus.]
A house set apart for sick persons; a hospital.
1491Anc. Deed A. 7494 (P.R.O.), Roberte Bigott Sekeman Ownere of y⊇ Sekehowes of Walsyngham. 1549Anc. Cal. Rec. Dublin (1889) 421 The Maior for the tyme being..shall survey the sek houssis of this cittie. 1612Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1848) II. 308 Agnes Jamesoun..to hawe hir residence and ludging within the almes and seikhous betuixt the tounis. 1658in J. Morris Troubles Cath. Foref. (1872) i. vi. 315 The great room of the sick-house was wholly spoiled. 1787Med. Comment. II. 369 The child..had been admitted into the sick-house. 1799W. Tooke View of Russian Emp. II. 219 They were principally set against the sick-houses and quarantines. 1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 244 The sick-houses are, of course, totally unfurnished. 1899Kipling Stalky 103 When he was in the sick-house last month. |