Webster's Dictionary 1913

2728

Homelike

Home″like′ (?), a. Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly.

2729

Homelily

Home″li‐ly (?), adv. Plainly; inelegantly.

2730

Homeliness

Home″li‐ness, n. [From Homely.] 1. Domesticity; care of home. “Wifely homeliness.” Chaucer.2. Familiarity; intimacy. Chaucer.3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.4. Coarsene...

2731

Homeling

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.

2732

Homely

Home″ly, a. [Compar.Homelier (?); superl.Homeliest.] [From Home, n.] 1. Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate.With all these men I w...

2733

Homely (2)

Home″ly, adv. Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed. Spenser.

2734

Homelyn

Home″lyn (?), n. [Scot. hommelin.] (Zoöl) The European sand ray (Raia maculata); — called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray.

2735

Homemade

Home″made′ (?), a. Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country. Locke.

2736

Homeopath

Ho″me‐o‐path (?), n. [Cf. F. homéopathe.] A practitioner of homeopathy. [Written also homœopath.]

2737

Homeopathic

Ho′me‐o‐path″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. homéopathique.] Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy. [Also homœpathic.]

2738

Homeopathically

Ho′me‐o‐path″ic‐al‐ly (?), adv. According to the practice of homeopathy. [Also homœopathically.]

2739

Homeopathist

Ho′me‐op″a‐thist (?), n. A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy. [Written also homœopathist.]

2740

Homeopathy

Ho‐me‐op″a‐thy (?), n. [Gr. � likeness of condition or feeling; � like (fr. � same; cf. Same) + � to suffer: cf. F. homéopathie. See Pathos.] (Med.) The art of curing, founded o...

2741

Homer

Hom″er (?), n.(Zoöl.) A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.

2742

Homer (2)

Ho″mer (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Hoemother.

2743

Homer (3)

Ho″mer, n. [Heb. khōmer.] 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,...

2744

Homeric

Ho‐mer″ic (?), a. [L. Homericus, Gr. Ομηρικὅσ.] Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer.Homeric verse, hexameter verse; — so ca...

2745

Homesick

Home″sick′ (?), a. Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition. — Home″sick′ness, n.

2746

Homespun

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....

2747

Homespun (2)

Home″spun, n. 1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.2. An unpolished, rustic person. Shak.

2748

Homestall

Home″stall′ (?), n. [AS. hāmsteall.] Place of a home; homestead. Cowper.

2749

Homestead

Home″stead (?), n. [AS. hāmstede.] 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.W...

2750

Homesteader

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 w...

2751

Homeward

Home″ward (?), a. Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way.

2752

Homeward (2)

{ Home″ward (?), Home″wards (?), } adv. [AS. hāmweard.] Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country.Homeward bound, bound for home; going homeward; as, the ho...

2753

Homicidal

Hom″i‐ci′dal (?), a. Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide; murderous.

2754

Homicide

Hom″i‐cide (?), n. [F., fr. L. homicidium, fr. homicida a man slayer; homo man + caedere to cut, kill. See Homage, and cf. Concise, Shed, v. t.] 1. The killing of one human bein...