Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry.

2. (n.) A cupola formed on a large scale.

3. (n.) Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.

4. (n.) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form.

5. (n.) Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision.