The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 742
Ho"ly*stone` , v. t. (Naut.) To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.
Homacanth <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Hom"a*canth (?) , a. [ Homo + Gr . <?/ a spine.] (Zo\'94l.) Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; -- said of certain fishes.
Homage <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Hom"age (?) , n. [OF. homage , homenage , F. hommage , LL. hominaticum , homenaticum , from L. homo a man, LL. also, a client, servant, vassal; akin to L. humus earth, Gr.<?/ on the ground, and E. groom in bride groom . Cf. Bridegroom , Human .] 1. (Feud. Law) A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man , or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign.
2. Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance.
All things in heaven and earth do her [Law] homage . Hooker.
I sought no homage from the race that write. Pope.
3. Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection.
Chaucer.
Syn. -- Fealty; submission; reverence; honor; respect. -- Homage , Fealty . Homage was originally the act of a feudal tenant by which he declared himself, on his knees, to be the hommage or bondman of the lord; hence the term is used to denote reverential submission or respect. Fealty was originally the fidelity of such a tenant to his lord, and hence the term denotes a faithful and solemn adherence to the obligations we owe to superior power or authority. We pay our homage to men of pre\'89minent usefulness and virtue, and profess our fealty to the principles by which they have been guided.
Go, go with homage yon proud victors meet ! Go, lie like dogs beneath your masters' feet ! Dryden.
Man, disobeying, Disloyal, breaks his fealty , and sins Against the high supremacy of heaven. Milton.
Homage <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Hom"age , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Homaged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Homaging .] [Cf. OF. hommager .] 1. To pay reverence to by external action. [R.]
2. To cause to pay homage. [Obs.]
Cowley.
Homageable <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Hom"age*a*ble (?) , a. [Cf. OF. hommageable .] Subject to homage.
Howell.
Homager <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Hom"a*ger (?) , n. [From Homage : cf . F . hommager .] One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal.
Bacon.
Homalographic <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Hom`a*lo*graph"ic (?) , a. Same as Homolographic .
Homaloid, Homaloidal <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Hom"a*loid ( ? ) , Hom`a*loid"al (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ even + -oid .] (Geom.) Flat; even; -- a term applied to surfaces and to spaces, whether real or imagined, in which the definitions, axioms, and postulates of Euclid respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.
Homarus <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Hom"a*rus (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ well adjusted.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters. -- Hom"a*roid (#) , a.
Homatropine <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Ho*mat"ro*pine (?) , n. [ Homo- + atropine .] (Med.) An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose.
Homaxonial <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Hom`ax*o"ni*al (?) , a. [ Homo- + Gr . <?/ an axle, axis.] (Biol.) Relating to that kind of homology or symmetry, the mathematical conception of organic form, in which all axes are equal. See under Promorphology .
Home <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) See Homelyn .
Home <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home (110) , n. [OE. hom , ham , AS. h\'bem ; akin to OS. hem , D. & G. heim , Sw. hem , Dan. hiem , Icel. heimr abode, world, heima home, Goth. haims village, Lith. k\'89mas , and perh. to Gr.<?/ village, or to E. hind a peasant; cf. Skr. ksh<?/ma abode, place of rest, security, kshi to dwell. <?/, <?/ ] 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 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 pine .
Her 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 home for outcasts; a home for the blind ; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
Man goeth to his long home , and the mourners go about the streets. Eccl. xii. 5.
6. (Baseball) The home base; he started for home .
At home . (a) At one's own house, or lodgings. (b) In one's own town or country; as, peace abroad and at home . (c) Prepared to receive callers. -- Home department , the department of executive administration, by which the internal affairs of a country are managed. [Eng.] To be at home on any subject , to be conversant or familiar with it. -- To feel at home , to be at one's ease. -- To make one's self at home , to conduct one's self with as much freedom as if at home.
Syn. -- Tenement; house; dwelling; abode; domicile.
Home <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home (?) , a. 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 thrust .
Home base (Baseball) , the base at which the batsman stands and which is the last goal in making a run. -- Home farm , grounds , etc., 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, home rule in Ireland . Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of Parliament. -- Home ruler , one who favors or advocates home rule. -- Home run (Baseball) , a complete circuit of the bases made before the batted ball is returned to the home base. -- 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 <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
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 . Shak.
&hand; 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.
Homeborn <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"born` (?) , a. 1. Native; indigenous; not foreign.
Donne. Pope.
2. Of or pertaining to the home or family.
Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness. Cowper.
Home-bound <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"-bound` (?) , a. Kept at home.
Home-bred <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"-bred` (?) , a. 1. Bred at home; domestic; not foreign. " Home-bred mischief."
Milton.
Benignity and home-bred sense. Wordsworth.
2. Not polished; rude; uncultivated.
Only to me home-bred youths belong. Dryden.
Home-coming <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home-com`ing (?) , n. Return home.
Kepeth this child, al be it foul or fayr, And eek my wyf, unto myn hoom-cominge . Chaucer.
Home-driven <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"-driv`en (?) , a. Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close.
Home-dwelling <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"-dwell`ing (?) , a. Keeping at home.
Home-felt <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"-felt` (?) , a. Felt in one's own breast; inward; private. " Home-felt quiet.
Pope.
Homefield <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"field` (?) , n. Afield adjacent to its owner's home.
Hawthorne.
Home-keeping <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"-keep`ing (?) , a. Staying at home; not gadding.
Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. Shak.
Home-keeping <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"-keep`ing , n. A staying at home.
Homeless <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"less , a. [AS. h\'bemleas .] Destitute of a home.
-- Home"less*ness , n.
Homelike <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"like` (?) , a. Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly.
Homelily <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"li*ly (?) , adv. Plainly; inelegantly. [R.]
Homeliness <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"li*ness , n. [From Homely .] 1. Domesticity; care of home. [Obs.] "Wifely homeliness ."
Chaucer.
2. Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language .
Addison.
Homeling <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"ling (?) , n. A person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; a native; as, a word which is a homeling .
Trench.
Homely <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"ly , a. [ Compar. Homelier (?) ; superl. Homeliest .] [From Home , n. ] 1. Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate. [Archaic]
With all these men I was right homely , and communed with, them long and oft. Foxe.
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure. Gray.
2. Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners.
Now Strephon daily entertains His Chloe in the homeliest strains. Pope.
3. Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; -- contrary to handsome .
None so homely but loves a looking-glass. South.
Homely <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"ly , adv. Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed . [R.]
Spenser.
Homelyn <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"lyn (?) , n. [ Scot . hommelin .] (Zo\'94l) The European sand ray ( Raia maculata ); -- called also home , mirror ray , and rough ray .
Homemade <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Home"made` (?) , a. Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country.
Locke.
Homeopath <Xpage=<-- p. 700 first paragraph, a portion of one starting on p. 699,>
Ho"me*o*path (?) , n. [Cf. F. hom \'82 opathe .] A practitioner of homeopathy. [Written also homoeopath .]
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Homeopathic <Xpage=701>
Ho`me*o*path"ic (?) , a. [Cf. F. hom\'82opathique .] Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy. [Also hom\'d2pathic .]
Homeopathically <Xpage=701>
Ho`me*o*path"ic*al*ly (?) , adv. According to the practice of homeopathy. [Also hom\'d2pathically .]
Homeopathist <Xpage=701>
Ho`me*op"a*thist (?) , n. A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy. [Written also hom\'d2pathist .]
Homeopathy <Xpage=701>
Ho*me*op"a*thy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ likeness of condition or feeling; <?/ like (fr. <?/ same; cf. Same ) + <?/ to suffer: cf. F. hom\'82opathie . See Pathos .] (Med.) The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and its practice that disease is cured ( tuto , cito , et jucunde ) by remedies which produce on a healthy person effects similar to the symptoms of the complaint under which the patient suffers, the remedies being usually administered in minute doses. This system was founded by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, and is opposed to allopathy , or heteropathy . [Written also hom\'d2pathy .]
Homer <Xpage=701>
Hom"er (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
Homer <Xpage=701>
Ho"mer (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) See Hoemother .
Homer <Xpage=701>
Ho"mer , n. [Heb. kh\'d3mer .] 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. [Written also chomer , gomer .]
Homeric <Xpage=701>
Ho*mer"ic (?) , a. [L. Homericus , Gr. <?/.] Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer.
Homeric verse , hexameter verse; -- so called because used by Homer in his epics.
Homesick <Xpage=701>
Home"sick` (?) , a. Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition. -- Home"sick`ness , n.
Home-speaking <Xpage=701>
Home"-speak`ing (?) , n. Direct, forcible, and effective speaking.
Milton.
Homespun <Xpage=701>
Home"spun (?) , a. 1. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain. " Homespun country garbs."
W. Irving.
2. Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. "Our homespun English proverb." Dryden . "Our homespun authors." Addison .
Homespun <Xpage=701>
Home"spun , n. 1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun .
2. An unpolished, rustic person. [Obs.]
Shak.
Homestall <Xpage=701>
Home"stall` (?) , n. [AS. h\'bemsteall .] Place of a home; homestead.
Cowper.
Homestead <Xpage=701>
Home"stead (?) , n. [AS. h\'bemstede .] 1. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it.
Dryden.
2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin.
We can trace them back to a homestead on the Rivers Volga and Ural. W. Tooke.
3. (Law) The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family.
Homestead law . (a) A law conferring special privileges or exemptions upon owners of homesteads; esp., a law exempting a homestead from attachment or sale under execution for general debts. Such laws, with limitations as to the extent or value of the property, exist in most of the States. Called also homestead exemption law . (b) Also, a designation of an Act of Congress authorizing and regulating the sale of public lands, in parcels of 160 acres each, to actual settlers. [U.S.]
Homesteader <Xpage=701>
Home"stead*er (?) , n. One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner. [Local, U.S.]
Homeward <Xpage=701>
Home"ward (?) , a. Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way .
Homeward, Homewards <Xpage=701>
Home"ward (?) , Home"wards (?) , adv. [AS. h\'bemweard .] Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country.
Homeward bound , bound for home; going homeward; as, the homeward bound fleet .
Homicidal <Xpage=701>
Hom"i*ci`dal (?) , a. Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide; murderous.
Homicide <Xpage=701>