Part 5355

<hw>Ho"mer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Hoemother</er>.</def>

<h1>Homer</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Ho"mer</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <ets>kh\'d3mer</ets>.]</ety> <def>A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>chomer</asp>, <asp>gomer</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Homeric</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Ho*mer"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Homericus</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer.</def>

<cs><col>Homeric verse</col>, <cd>hexameter verse; -- so called because used by Homer in his epics.</cd></cs>

<h1>Homesick</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Home"sick`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Home"sick`ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Home-speaking</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Home"-speak`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Direct, forcible, and effective speaking.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Homespun</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Home"spun</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain.</def> "<i>Homespun</i> country garbs."

<i>W. Irving.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse.</def> "Our <i>homespun</i> English proverb." <i>Dryden</i>. "Our <i>homespun</i> authors." <i>Addison</i>.

<h1>Homespun</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Home"spun</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Cloth made at home; <as>as, he was dressed in <ex>homespun</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An unpolished, rustic person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Homestall</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Home"stall`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>h\'bemsteall</ets>.]</ety> <def>Place of a home; homestead.</def>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<h1>Homestead</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Home"stead</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>h\'bemstede</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The home or seat of a family; place of origin.</def>

<blockquote>We can trace them back to a <b>homestead</b> on the Rivers Volga and Ural. <i>W. Tooke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family.</def>