[f. as prec. Cf. ON. eldhús.] A house with a fireplace in it, as distinguished from the out-buildings. Obs. exc. dial. Sometimes, † the particular room in which the family fire was.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 184/26. Caminatum, fyrhus.
1530. Test. Ebor. (Surtees), V. 292. Every fyer hows wtin the parishing of Acclome.
1632. in S. O. Addy, Hall of Waltheof (1893), 182, note. The Hall or Fierhouse of the now mansion house of the said John Parker the elder.
1635. Pagitt, Christianogr. (1646), I. 237. Ive, (or Ine) an English King granted to the pope, that every Fire-house within his Kingdome should yearly pay him a peny, which custome long continued, and this gift was called by the name of Rome-scot, or Peter-pence.
1680. in N. & Q., 3rd Ser. (1866), IX. 452/1. All that ancient Messuage or Firehouse wherein one C. M. now dwelleth.
1878. Cumberld. Gloss., Fire-house, the dwelling—in contradistinction to the outbuildings.
