Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dwelling \Dwell"ing\, n.
   Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode;
   domicile.

         Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons.   --Jer. xlix.
                                                  33.

         God will deign To visit oft the dwellings of just men.
                                                  --Milton.

         Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. --Tennyson.

   {Dwelling house}, a house intended to be occupied as a
      residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other
      building.

   {Dwelling place}, place of residence.

Source : WordNet®

dwelling house
     n : housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest
         dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide
         homes for the homeless" [syn: {dwelling}, {home}, {domicile},
          {abode}, {habitation}]