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housel
CIDE DICTIONARY
housel, n. [OE. housel, husel, AS. h; akin to Icel. h, Goth. hunsl a sacrifice.].
The eucharist. Rom. of R. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
housel, v. t. [AS. h.].
To administer the eucharist to. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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