† sit-housen.
Scottish. Obsolete.
A dwelling house, a residence; esp. one on a farm.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > [noun]
earneOE
wickc900
bottleeOE
innOE
boldOE
wonningc1000
wanea1225
wonea1250
bidea1300
dwelling1340
habitaculec1374
habitaclec1384
habitationc1384
mansionc1385
placea1387
manantie?a1400
dungeonc1460
longhousec1460
folda1500
residencea1522
abode1549
bield1570
lodgement1598
bidinga1600
sit-house1743
location1795
wigwam1817
address1855
yard1865
res1882
nivas1914
multifamily1952
1439 Copiale Prioratus Sanctiandree (1930) 178 A bern, a bire, and a sit house.
1589 Burgh Court Bks. St. Andrews 18 Nov. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Sit house To flitt and remove him selff his wyffe familie guidis and geir furth and fra that sitt hows and thrie stabillis.
1699 Ld. Belhaven Countrey-mans Rudim. 30 Their Barns must stand North and South from the West end of their Sit-house.
1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 43 What should be the Form of a Sit-house, Barn, Bire, Stable, with Corn and Kitchen Yards?
1754 Forfeited Estates Papers (S.H.S.) 333 For expenses in building the Sitt house as agreed on.
1833 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 25 May 136/3 I thought that the roof of our sit-house would flee.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020).
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