Part 5351

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<hw>Home</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Homelyn</er>.</def>

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<hw>Home</hw> <tt>(110)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hom</ets>, <ets>ham</ets>, AS. <ets>h\'bem</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>hem</ets>, D. & G. <ets>heim</ets>, Sw. <ets>hem</ets>, Dan. <ets>hiem</ets>, Icel. <ets>heimr</ets> abode, world, <ets>heima</ets> home, Goth. <ets>haims</ets> village, Lith. <ets>k\'89mas</ets>, and perh. to Gr.<?/ village, or to E. <ets>hind</ets> a peasant; cf. Skr.<ets>ksh<?/ma</ets> abode, place of rest, security, <ets>kshi</ets> to dwell. <?/, <?/ ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace.</def>

<blockquote>The disciples went away again to their own <b>home</b>. <i>John xx. 10.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Home</b> is the sacred refuge of our life. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Home</b>! <b>home</b>! sweet, sweet <b>home</b>! There's no place like <b>home</b>. <i>Payne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.</def> "Our old <i>home</i> [England]."

<i>Hawthorne.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.</def>

<blockquote>He entered in his house -- his <b>home</b> no more, For without hearts there is no <b>home</b>. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; <as>as, the <ex>home</ex> of the pine</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Her eyes are <b>homes</b> of silent prayer. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Flandria, by plenty made the <b>home</b> of war. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; <as>as, a <ex>home</ex> for outcasts; a <ex>home</ex> for the blind</as>; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.</def>

<blockquote>Man goeth to his long <b>home</b>, and the mourners go about the streets. <i>Eccl. xii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Baseball)</fld> <def>The home base; he started for <ex>home</ex>.</def>

<cs><col>At home</col>.<sd>(a)</sd> <cd>At one's own house, or lodgings.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>In one's own town or country; as, peace abroad and <ex>at home<ex>.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>Prepared to receive callers.</cd> -- <col>Home department</col>, <cd>the department of executive administration, by which the internal affairs of a country are managed.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <col>To be at home on any subject</col>, <cd>to be conversant or familiar with it.</cd> -- <col>To feel at home</col>, <cd>to be at one's ease.</cd> -- <col>To make one's self at home</col>, <cd>to conduct one's self with as much freedom as if at home.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Tenement; house; dwelling; abode; domicile.</syn>

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<hw>Home</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; <as>as <i>home</i> manufactures; <i>home</i> comforts</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Close; personal; pointed; <as>as, a <ex>home</ex> thrust</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Home base</col> <fld>(Baseball)</fld>, <cd>the base at which the batsman stands and which is the last goal in making a run.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Home farm</col>, <col>grounds</col></mcol>, etc., <cd>the farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner.</cd> -- <col>Home lot</col>, <cd>an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands.</cd> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> -- <col>Home rule</col></mcol>, <cd>rule or government of an appendent or dependent country, as to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country; <as>as, <ex>home rule<ex> in Ireland</as>. Also used adjectively; as, <i>home-rule<i> members of Parliament.</cd> -- <col>Home ruler</col>, <cd>one who favors or advocates home rule.</cd> -- <col>Home run</col> <fld>(Baseball)</fld>, <cd>a complete circuit of the bases made before the batted ball is returned to the home base.</cd> -- <col>Home stretch</col> <fld>(Sport.)</fld>, <cd>that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post.</cd> -- <col>Home thrust</col>, <cd>a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Home</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To one's home or country; <as>as in the phrases, go <ex>home</ex>, come <ex>home</ex>, carry <ex>home</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Close; closely.</def>

<blockquote>How <b>home</b> the charge reaches us, has been made out. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They come <b>home</b> to men's business and bosoms. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>