Part 5353

<h1>Homefield</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>

<hw>Home"field`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Afield adjacent to its owner's home.</def>

<i>Hawthorne.</i>

<h1>Home-keeping</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>

<hw>Home"-keep`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Staying at home; not gadding.</def>

<blockquote><b>Home-keeping</b> youth have ever homely wits. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Home-keeping</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>

<hw>Home"-keep`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A staying at home.</def>

<h1>Homeless</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>

<hw>Home"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS.<ets>h\'bemleas</ets>.]</ety> <def>Destitute of a home.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Home"less*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Homelike</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>

<hw>Home"like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly.</def>

<h1>Homelily</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>

<hw>Home"li*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Plainly; inelegantly.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Homeliness</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>

<hw>Home"li*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Homely</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Domesticity; care of home.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Wifely <i>homeliness</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Familiarity; intimacy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; <as>as, the <ex>homeliness</ex> of manners, or language</as>.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Homeling</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>

<hw>Home"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; a native; <as>as, a word which is a <ex>homeling</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Trench.</i>

<h1>Homely</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>

<hw>Home"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Homelier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Homeliest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Home</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>