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Webster 1913 Edition
Hothouse
Hot′houseˊ
,Noun.
1.
A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.
2.
A bagnio, or bathing house.
[Obs.]
Shak.
3.
A brothel; a bagnio.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
4.
(Pottery)
A heated room for drying green ware.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hothouse
HOT'HOUSE
,Noun.
1.
A bagnio, or place to sweat and cup in.2.
A brothel.