n., , a. Same as Alcoholometer, Alcoholometric. [ 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. [ 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. &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. One who fathoms. [ 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 ]

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 ]

a. 1. Bred at home; domestic; not foreign. “ Home-bred mischief.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Benignity and home-bred sense. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not polished; rude; uncultivated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Only to me home-bred youths belong. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. someone who builds houses as a business.
Syn. -- housebuilder. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A return home. [ wns=2 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Kepeth this child, al be it foul or fayr,
And eek my wyf, unto myn hoom-cominge. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A social event, usually held annually at colleges and universities, to welcome visiting alumni; a type of school reunion for graduates. [ wns=1 ] [ PJC ]

a. Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Keeping at home. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Felt in one's own breast; inward; private. “Home-felt quiet.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A field adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. grown or produced at home or in a specific locality; -- of plants or animals. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- local. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Originating in a particular place or region; as, homegrown talent; -- applied broadly, to people (especially people with specific skills), products of manufacture, etc. [ PJC ]

a. Staying at home; not gadding. [ 1913 Webster ]

Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A staying at home. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. hāmleas. ] Destitute of a home.

-- Home"less*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. pl. Those people who have no permanent residence, especially those who live outdoors due to poverty; usually used in the definite phrase the homeless.

n. the state or condition of having no home, especially of living in the streets. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly; as, a homelike atmosphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Plainly; inelegantly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Homely. ] 1. Domesticity; care of home. [ Obs. ] “Wifely homeliness.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Familiarity; intimacy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; a native; as, a word which is a homeling. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Homelier superl. Homeliest. ] [ From Home, n. ] 1. Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With all these men I was right homely, and communed with, them long and oft. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their homely joys, and destiny obscure. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now Strephon daily entertains
His Chloe in the homeliest strains. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; ugly; -- usually used of people, especially women; -- contrary to handsome. [ 1913 Webster ]

None so homely but loves a looking-glass. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed. [ R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scot. hommelin. ] (Zool) The European sand ray (Raia maculata); -- called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. homéopathe. ] A practitioner of homeopathy. [ Written also homœopath. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. homéopathique. ] Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy. [ Also homœpathic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to the practice of homeopathy. [ Also homœopathically. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy. [ Written also homœopathist. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; likeness of condition or feeling; &unr_; like (fr. &unr_; same; cf. Same) + &unr_; to suffer: cf. F. homéopathie. 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 homœopathy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ability and tendency of certain systems to maintain a relatively constant internal state in spite of changes in external conditions; this ability is achieved by the presence of feedback mechanisms which can adjust the state of the system to compensate for changes in the state caused by the external environment. It is exemplified in homeothermal biological systems, such as animals which maintain relatively constant blood temperature and composition in spite of variations in external temperature or the composition of the food ingested. [ PJC ]