Hot"house` (?), n. 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.