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Webster 1913 Edition
Home
Home
(hōm; 110)
, Noun.
[OE.
hom
, ham
, AS. hām
; akin to OS. hēm
, D. & G. heim
, Sw. hem
, Dan. hiem
, Icel. heimr
abode, world, heima
home, Goth. haims
village, Lith. këmas
, and perh. to Gr. κώμη
village, or to E. hind
a peasant; cf. Skr. kshēma
abode, place of rest, security, kshi
to dwell. √20, 220.] 1.
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.
The disciples went away again to their own
home
. John xx. 10.
Home
is the sacred refuge of our life. Dryden.
Home
! home
! sweet, sweet home
!There's no place like
home
. Payne.
2.
One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.
“Our old home [England].” Hawthorne.
3.
The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
He entered in his house – his
For without hearts there is no
home
no more,For without hearts there is no
home
. Byron.
4.
The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat;
as, the
. home
of the pineHer eyes are
homes
of silent prayer. Tennyson.
Flandria, by plenty made the
home
of war. Prior.
5.
A place of refuge and rest; an asylum;
as, a
; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul. home
for outcasts; a home
for the blindMan goeth to his long
home
, and the mourners go about the streets. Eccl. xii. 5.
6.
(Baseball)
The
home base
; as, he started for
. home
Syn. – Tenement; house; dwelling; abode; domicile.
Home
,Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign;
as home manufactures; home comforts
. 2.
Close; personal; pointed;
as, a
. home
thrustHome base
or
Home plate
(Baseball)
, the base at which the batter stands when batting, and which is the last base to be reached in scoring a run.
– Home farm
, grounds
the farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner.
– Home lot
, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands.
[U. S.]
– Home rule
, 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,
. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of Parliament. home rule
in IrelandHome ruler
, one who favors or advocates home rule.
– Home stretch
(Sport.)
, that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post.
– Home thrust
, a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack.
Home
,adv.
1.
To one's home or country;
as in the phrases, go
home
, come home
, carry home
.2.
Close; closely.
How
home
the charge reaches us, has been made out. South.
They come
home
to men's business and bosoms. Bacon.
3.
To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length;
as, to drive a nail
home
; to ram a cartridge home
.Wear thy good rapier bare and put it
home
. Shakespeare
☞ Home is often used in the formation of compound words, many of which need no special definition; as, home-brewed, home-built, home-grown, etc.
To bring home
. See under
– Bring
. To come home
.(a)
To touch or affect personally. See under
Come
. (b)
(Naut.)
To drag toward the vessel, instead of holding firm, as the cable is shortened; – said of an anchor.
– To haul home the sheets of a sail
(Naut.)
, to haul the clews close to the sheave hole.
Totten.
Webster 1828 Edition
Home
HOME
,Noun.
1.
A dwelling house; the house or place in which one resides. He was not at home. Then the disciples went away again to their own home. John 20.
Home is the sacred refuge of our life.
2.
One's own country. Let affairs at home be well managed by the administration.3.
The place of constant residence; the seat. Flandria, by plenty, made the home of war.
4.
The grave; death; or a future state. Man goeth to his long home. Eccles.12.
5.
The present state of existence. Whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. 2 Cor.5.
HOME
,Adj.
HOME
,adv.
1.
To one's own habitation; as in the phrases, go home, come home, bring home, carry home.2.
To one's own country. Home is opposed to abroad, or in a foreign country. My brother will return home in the first ship from India.3.
Close; closely; to the point; as, this consideration comes home to our interest, that is, it nearly affects it. Drive the nail home, that is, drive it close.To haul home the top-sail sheets, in seamen's language, is to draw the bottom of the top-sail close to the yard-arm by means of the sheets.
An anchor is said to come home, when it loosens from the ground by the violence of the wind or current, &c.