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Hōme, n.

noun

(20), n. [A-S. hām, O. Sax. hem, O. Fries. hem, hīm, Sw. hem, Dan. hiem, Icel. heimr, Ger. & D. heim, Goth. haims, allied to Gr. κώμη, Lith. kaï-mas, village.] 1. A dwelling-house; the house in which one resides; residence. Then the disciples went away again to their own home. John xx. 10. Home is the sacred refuge of our life. Dryden.

The place or country in which one dwells; and, also, all that pertains to a dwelling-place.
The place of constant residence; the seat.

Flandria, by plenty, made the home of war. Prior. At home, at one's own house, or lodgings.—Home department, in the executive part of a government, that department which has charge of matters connected with the civil jurisdiction of the State.—To be at home on any subject, to be conversant or familiar with it. Syn.—Tenement; house; dwelling; abode. See TENEMENT.

Hōme, n.

noun

n. See HOMELYN.

Hōme, a.

adjective

a. 1. Pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; as, home manufactures. 2. Close; severe; poignant; as, a home thrust.

Hōme, adv.

adverb

Sense 1. To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, bring home, carry home.

Sense 2. Close; closely; to the point; as, this consideration comes home to our interest; that is, it nearly affects it.

How home the charge reaches us, has been made out. South.

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

To come home (Naut.), to become loosened from the ground by the violence of the wind or current; — said of an anchor. — To haul home the sheets of a sail, to haul the clews close to the sheave-hole. Totten.

☞ Home is often used in the formation of compound words, many of which need no special definition; as, home-brewed, home-built, &c.