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Definition of Huswife
1. n. A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman.
2. v. t. To manage with frugality; -- said of a woman.
Definition of Huswife
1. Noun. (obsolete) A housewife. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A worthless woman; hussy. ¹
3. Noun. A small case containing scissors, thread, needles(,) and other sewing things. ¹
4. Verb. (context: said of a woman) To manage with frugality. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Huswife
1. a sewing kit [n -WIFES or -WIVES]
Medical Definition of Huswife
1. 1. A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman. "The bounteous huswife Nature." "The huswife is she that do labour doth fall." (Tusser) 2. A worthless woman; a hussy. 3. [See Hussy a bag] A case for sewing materials. See Housewife. Origin: OE. Huswif; hus house + wif wife. Cf. Hussy a housewife, Housewife Alternative forms: housewife. To manage with frugality; said of a woman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Huswife
Literary usage of Huswife
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1878)
"If huswife doth that, as belongeth to hur: if husband be ... 3 The huswife is
she that to labour doth fall, the labour of hir I doo ..."
2. Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie by Thomas Tusser (1878)
"If huswife doth that, as belongeth to hur: if husband be ... 3 The huswife is
she that to labour doth fall, the labour of hir I doo ..."
3. Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry: As Well for the Champion Or Open by Thomas Tusser, William Fordyce Mavor (1812)
"OF huswife, doth huswifery challenge that name, Of huswifery, huswife doth likewise
... The name of a huswife, what is it to say ? The wife of the house, ..."
4. Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books by William Beloe (1814)
"THE ENGLISH huswife. f IN my account of books on Rural Sports, I lamented the
loss of " The English huswife, Vol. H. p. 244. In a copy of one of Mark- ham's ..."
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