housel

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housel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Housel \Hou"sel\, n. [OE. housel, husel, AS. h[=u]sel; akin to
     Icel. h[=u]sl, Goth. hunsl a sacrifice.]
     The eucharist. [Archaic] --Rom. of R. --Tennyson.
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  Housel \Hou"sel\, v. t. [AS. h[=u]slian.]
     To administer the eucharist to. [Archaic] --Chaucer.
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