Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

House, subst. 1) a building for the habitation of man: Tp. I, 2, 42. II, 1, 87. III, 2, 105. IV, 186. Gent. V, 4, 173. Meas. I, 2, 98. II, 1, 255. Err. I, 2, 75. II, 1, 71. IV, 1, 12. Merch. I, 3, 176. Tw. II, 3, 106 etc. a dark h. (to keep madmen) As III, 2, 421. Tw. IV, 2, 38. Tw. IV, 2, 38 Tw. IV, 2, 38 V, 350. “war is no strife to the dark h. and the detested wife,” All's II, 3, 309 (so comfortless as to drive mad). “bottle-ale --s,” Tw. II, 3, 29. “common --s,” Meas. II, 1, 43. “--s of resort,” I, 2, 104. “the parliament h.” H6C I, 1, 71. “the woman's maid of the h.” Shr. Ind. 2, 92. “he forbade her my h.” Wiv. IV, 2, 89. “have I not forbid her my h?” Wiv. IV, 2, 89 to keep the h. == to remain at home, Meas. III, 2, 75; cf. “must keep his h.” Tim. III, 3, 42; “a goodly day not to keep h.” Cymb. III, 3, 1. the house doth keep itself (nobody being within) As IV, 3, 82. Cymb. III, 6, 36. “Gratiano, keep the h.” Oth. V, 2, 365 (remain in the house and look to it). to take a h. == to seek shelter in a house, Err. V, 36. “I commend me from our h. in grief,” Lucr. 1308; cf. “and so I commit you -- To the tuition of God: from my h., if I had it,” Ado I, 1, 284 (a phrase used at the close of letters). “an honest fellow as ever servant shall come in h. withal,” Wiv. I, 4, 11 (Mrs Quickly's speech). “he hath eaten me out of h. and home,” H4B II, 1, 80 (Mrs Quickly's speech). “at one's h.” Gent. IV, 2, 38. Wiv. II, 1, 244. III, 5, 147. V, 5, 180. Meas. IV, 4, 18. IV, 5, 6. Merch. III, 1, 78. Shr. IV, 3, 185. H8 V, 5, 76 etc.
2) any habitation: “if the ill spirit have so fair a h.” Tp. I, 2, 458; cf. “to break within the bloody h. of life,” John IV, 2, 210; “this mortal h. I'll ruin,” Ant. V, 2, 51. “my h. was at the Phoenix,” Err. II, 2, 11. “the snail carries his h. on his head,” As IV, 1, 55. Lr. I, 5, 30. “bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench are from their hives and --s driven away,” H6A I, 5, 24.
3) the management of domestic affairs, household: “I keep his h.” Wiv. I, 4, 101. “the husbandry and manage of my h.” Merch. III, 4, 25. “the mistress of the h.” V, 38. “the lady of the h.” Tw. I, 5, 177. Rom. I, 5, 115. “she could not sway her h.” Tw. IV, 3, 17. to keep h. == to live in plenty, in a fashionable way: “who shall bear your part and be in Padua here Vicentio's son, keep h. and ply his book,” Shr. I, 1, 201. “keep h. and port and servants,” Shr. I, 1, 201 “all things that belong to h. and housekeeping,” II, 358. “if he would not keep so good a h.” Tim. III, 1, 24. “I'll forswear keeping h.” H4B II, 4, 220 (== keeping an inn; the hostess' speech).
4) the persons dwelling under the same roof: “all our h. in great perplexity,” Gent. II, 3, 9. Rom. III, 3, 156. IV, 1, 8. Mcb. II, 2, 41. Lr. II, 4, 43. how this becomes the h. 155 (how this would agree with the place I have in the household).*
5) family, race: Meas. II, 4, 112. Mids. III, 1, 199. As I, 2, 241. Alls IV, 2, 42. Alls IV, 2, 42 Tw. II, 4, 123. R2 IV, 145. H4A II, 3, 5. H6A II, 4, 116. II, 5, 102. III, 1, 165. III, 2, 77. H6B I, 1, 257 etc. “a gentleman of the very first h.” Rom. II, 4, 25 (ridiculed as a fashionable term, certainly not meaning an upstart, as some Intpp. explain it).