a. Abominable. [ A false orthography anciently used; h was foisted into various words; hence abholish, for abolish, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This is abhominable, which he [ Don Armado ] would call abominable. Shak. Love's Labor's Lost, v. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ab away from + homo, hominis, man. ] Inhuman. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., to the man. ] A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., , a. Same as Alcoholometer, Alcoholometric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqos flower + mani`a madness. ] A extravagant fondness for flowers. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of Mahomet or Mohammed, the Arabian prophet: cf. Pr. Bafomet, OSp. Mafomat, OPg. Mafameda. ] An idol or symbolical figure which the Templars were accused of using in their mysterious rites. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. baqo`s depth + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring depths, esp. one for taking soundings without a sounding line. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. batrachomyomachi`a; ba`trachos frog + my^s mouse + ma`chh battle. ] The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ ‖/mhw>, n. [ F. ] Good nature; pleasant and easy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. chomage. ] 1. Stoppage; cessation (of labor). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A standing still or idle (of mills, factories, etc.). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. To chew loudly and greedily; to champ. [ Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. rhombic: cf. F. clinorhombique. ] (Crystallog.) Possessing the qualities of a prism, obliquely inclined to a rhombic base; monoclinic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Conch + -meter. ] (Zool.) An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kriqai`, pl., barley + -mancy: cf. F. crithomancie. ] A kind of divination by means of the dough of the cakes offered in the ancient sacrifices, and the meal strewed over the victims. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., behold the man. See John xix. 5. ] (Paint.) A picture which represents the Savior as given up to the people by Pilate, and wearing a crown of thorns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, sound + -meter: cf. F. échomètre. ] (Mus) A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds, and determining their different, and the relation of their intervals. J. J. Rousseau. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. échométrie. ] 1. The art of measuring the duration of sounds or echoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.

n. [ OE. fadme, faðme, AS. fæðm fathom, the embracing arms; akin to OS. faðmos the outstretched arms, D. vadem, vaam, fathom, OHG. fadom, fadum, G. faden fathom, thread, Icel. faðmr fathom, Sw. famn, Dan. favn; cf. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to spread out, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; outspread, flat, L. patere to lie open, extend. Cf. Patent, Petal. ] 1. A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The measure or extant of one's capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Another of his fathom they have none
To lead their business. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fathomed p. pr. & vb. n. Fathoming. ] 1. To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span. [ Obs. ] Purchas. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The page of life that was spread out before me seemed dull and commonplace, only because I had not fathomed its deeper import. Hawthotne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being fathomed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who fathoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded. [ 1913 Webster ]

And buckle in a waist most fathomless. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Incomprehensible. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fathomless absurdity. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An establishment, usually commercial, where the bodies of dead persons are prepared for viewing before burial or cremation; called also funeral parlor, mortuary, funeral chapel and informally, undertaker's. The body may or may not be preserved by embalming before viewing or burial, and in some cases the body is not exposed for viewing, though present in a casket. Often, some form of memorial service is held for the deceased at the funeral home, where friends and relatives may come to pay their respects to the dead, and express condolence to the family. The work of preparation of the body and many other arrangements related to the funeral and burial are carried out by an undertaker or mortician who manages the funeral home. [ PJC ]

n. [ Haema- + Gr. tachy`s swift + -meter. ] (Physiol.) A form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer) for measuring the velocity of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) The measurement of the velocity of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Haematachometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Haematachometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Showed like a stubble land at harvest-home. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The opportunity of gathering treasure. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Haematachometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo + Gr. &unr_; a spine. ] (Zool.) Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; -- said of certain fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

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.&unr_; on the ground, and E. groom in bridegroom. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance. [ 1913 Webster ]

All things in heaven and earth do her [ Law ] homage. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

I sought no homage from the race that write. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 preëminent usefulness and virtue, and profess our fealty to the principles by which they have been guided. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go, go with homage yon proud victors meet !
Go, lie like dogs beneath your masters' feet ! Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man, disobeying,
Disloyal, breaks his fealty, and sins
Against the high supremacy of heaven. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Homaged p. pr. & vb. n. Homaging. ] [ Cf. OF. hommager. ] 1. To pay reverence to by external action. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to pay homage. [ Obs. ] Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. hommageable. ] Subject to homage. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Homage: cf. F. hommager. ] One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Homolographic.

{ } a. [ Gr. "omalo`s 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. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "omarh`s well adjusted.] (Zool.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters. -- Hom"a*roid a. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo- + Gr. &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp.: a man. ] an informal term for a youth or man.
Syn. -- guy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ from Homburg, Germany, the place of first manufacture. ] A felt hat with a crown that is creased lengthwise, and a brim that is slightly curled upward at the edge.
Syn. -- fedora, felt hat, trilby. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Zool.) See Homelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. kw`mh 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The disciples went away again to their own home. John xx. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

Home is the sacred refuge of our life. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Home! home! sweet, sweet home!
There's no place like home. Payne. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. [ 1913 Webster ]

He entered in his house -- his home no more,
For without hearts there is no home. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her eyes are homes of silent prayer. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flandria, by plenty made the home of war. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets. Eccl. xii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Baseball) The home base; as, he started for home. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Close; closely. [ 1913 Webster ]

How home the charge reaches us, has been made out. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

They come home to men's business and bosoms. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wear thy good rapier bare and put it home. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To return home. [ PJC ]

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. [ PJC ]

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. [ PJC ]

n. a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel.
Syn. -- stay-at-home. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Native; indigenous; not foreign. Donne. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the home or family. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Kept at home, usually due to illness; same as housebound.
Syn. -- housebound, shut-in. [ 1913 Webster ]