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    Home , n. (Zool.) See Homelyn.
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    Home , n. [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.
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      The disciples went away again to their own home.
      John xx. 10.

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      Home is the sacred refuge of our life.
      Dryden.

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      Home! home! sweet, sweet home!
      There's no place like home.
      Payne.

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    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.

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    3. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
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      He entered in his house -- his home no more,
      For without hearts there is no home.
      Byron.

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    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.
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      Her eyes are homes of silent prayer.
      Tennyson.

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      Flandria, by plenty made the home of war.
      Prior.

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    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.
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      Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.
      Eccl. xii. 5.

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    6. (Baseball) The home base; as, he started for home.
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      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.
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    Home , a.
    1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
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    2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
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    3. (Games) In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal; as: (a) (Baseball) The plate at which the batter stands; same as home base and home plate. (b) (Lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent's goal; also, the player.
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      Home 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, 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 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.
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    Home, adv.
    1. To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.
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    2. Close; closely.
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      How home the charge reaches us, has been made out.
      South.

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      They come home to men's business and bosoms.
      Bacon.

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    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.
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      Wear thy good rapier bare and put it home.
      Shak.

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      ☞ 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.
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      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.

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    home , v. i.
    1. To return home.
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    2. To proceed toward an object or location intended as a target; -- of missiles which can change course in flight under internal or external control; usually used with in on; as, the missile homed in on the radar site.
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    3. [fig.] To arrive at or get closer to an object sought or an intended goal; used with in on; as, the repairman quickly homed in on the cause of the malfunction.
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    Homelyn , n. [Scot. hommelin.] (Zool) The European sand ray (Raia maculata); -- called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray.
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