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Holotricha (h�lŏtrĭkȧ), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. olos whole + qrix, trichos, a hair.] (Zoöl.) A group of ciliated Infusoria, having cilia all over the body.
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Holour (?), n. [OF. holier.] A whoremonger. [Obs.] Chaucer.

{ Holp (?), Holpen (?), } imp. & p. p. of . [Obs.] Shak.
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Holsom (?), a. Wholesome. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Holstein (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of a breed of cattle, originally from Schleswig-Holstein, valued for the large amount of milk produced by the cows. The color is usually black and white in irregular patches.
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Holster (?), n. [D. holster; skin to AS. heolstor den, cave, fr. helan to conceal, and to Icel. hulstr case, Goth. hulistr covering, veil, huljan to cover. √17. See to cover, , and cf. , .] A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle, or worn on the person suspended from a belt or shoulder strap.
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Holstered (?), a. Bearing holsters. Byron.
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Holt (?), 3d pers. sing. pres. of , contr. from holdeth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Holt, n. [AS. holt; akin to LG. holt, D. hout, G. holz. Icel. holt; cf Gael. & Ir. coill wood, Gr. � branch, shoot.] 1. A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill. “Every holt and heath.” Chaucer.
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She sent her voice though all the holt
Before her, and the park. Tennyson.
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2. A deep hole in a river where there is protection for fish; also, a cover, a hole, or hiding place. “ The fox has gone to holt.” C. Kingsley.
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Holwe (?), a. Hollow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Holy (?), a. [Compar. Holier (?); superl. Holiest.] [OE. holi, hali, AS. hālig, fr. hæl health, salvation, happiness, fr. hāl whole, well; akin to OS. h�lag, D. & G. heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig, Icel. heilagr. See , and cf. , , , .] 1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood. “Holy rites and solemn feasts.” Milton.
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2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God.
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Now through her round of holy thought
The Church our annual steps has brought. Keble.
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Coloq. Holy Alliance (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia, Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe, except the pope and the king of England. -- Coloq. Holy bark . See . -- Coloq. Holy Communion . See . -- Coloq. Holy family (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ, his parents, and others of his family are represented. -- Coloq. Holy Father , a title of the pope. -- Coloq. Holy Ghost (Theol.), the third person of the Trinity; the Comforter; the Paraclete. -- Coloq. Holy Grail . See . -- Coloq. Holy grass (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass (Hierochloa borealis and Hierochloa alpina). In the north of Europe it was formerly strewed before church doors on saints' days; whence the name. It is common in the northern and western parts of the United States. Called also vanilla grass or Seneca grass. -- Coloq. Holy Innocents' day , Childermas day. -- Coloq. Holy Land , Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity. -- Coloq. Holy office , the Inquisition. -- Coloq. Holy of holies (Script.), the innermost apartment of the Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and where no person entered, except the high priest once a year. -- Coloq. Holy One . (a) The Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis. “ The Holy One of Israel.” Is. xliii. 14. (b) One separated to the service of God. -- Coloq. Holy orders . See . -- Coloq. Holy rood , the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed, in churches. over the entrance to the chancel. -- Coloq. Holy rope , a plant, the hemp agrimony. -- Coloq. Holy Saturday (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter. -- Coloq. Holy Spirit , same as Holy Ghost (above). -- Coloq. Holy Spirit plant . See . -- Coloq. Holy thistle (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See under . -- Coloq. Holy Thursday . (Eccl.) (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday. -- Coloq. Holy war , a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of the holy places. -- Coloq. Holy water (Gr. & R. C. Churches), water which has been blessed by the priest for sacred purposes. -- Coloq. Holy-water stoup , the stone stoup or font placed near the entrance of a church, as a receptacle for holy water. -- Coloq. Holy Week (Eccl.), the week before Easter, in which the passion of our Savior is commemorated. -- Coloq. Holy writ , the sacred Scriptures. “ Word of holy writ.” Wordsworth.
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Holy cross (?; 115). The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.
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Coloq. Congregation of the Holy Cross (R. C. Ch.), a community of lay brothers and priests, in France and the United States, engaged chiefly in teaching and manual Labor. Originally called Brethren of St. Joseph. The Sisters of the Holy Cross engage in similar work. Addis & Arnold. -- Coloq. Holy-cross day , the fourteenth of September, observed as a church festival, in memory of the exaltation of our Savior's cross.
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Holyday (?), n. 1. A religious festival.
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2. A secular festival; a holiday.
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☞ Holiday is the preferable and prevailing spelling in the second sense. The spelling holy day or holyday in often used in the first sense.
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Holystone (?), n. (Naut.) A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships. Totten.
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Holystone, v. t. (Naut.) To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.
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Homacanth (?), a. [Homo + Gr. � a spine.] (Zoöl.) Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; -- said of certain fishes.
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Homage (?), 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.� on the ground, and E. groom in bridegroom. Cf. , .] 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.
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2. Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance.
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All things in heaven and earth do her [Law] homage. Hooker.
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I sought no homage from the race that write. Pope.
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3. Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection. Chaucer.

Syn. -- Fealty; submission; reverence; honor; respect. -- , . 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.
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Go, go with homage yon proud victors meet !
Go, lie like dogs beneath your masters' feet ! Dryden.
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Man, disobeying,
Disloyal, breaks his fealty, and sins
Against the high supremacy of heaven. Milton.
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Homage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Homaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Homaging.] [Cf. OF. hommager.] 1. To pay reverence to by external action. [R.]
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2. To cause to pay homage. [Obs.] Cowley.
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Homageable (?), a. [Cf. OF. hommageable.] Subject to homage. Howell.
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Homager (?), n. [From : cf. F. hommager.] One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal. Bacon.
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Homalographic (?), a. Same as .

{ Homaloid (hŏmȧloid), Homaloidal (-loid�l), } a. [Gr. omalos 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.
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Homarus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. omarhs well adjusted.] (Zoöl.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters. -- Homaroid (#), a.
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Homatropine (?), 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.
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Homaxonial (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. � 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 .
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hombre n. [Sp.: a man.] an informal term for a youth or man.
Syn. -- guy.
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homburg 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.
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Home (hōm), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Home (hōm; 110), 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. kwmh 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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Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Home department , the department of executive administration, by which the internal affairs of a country are managed. [Eng.] Coloq. To be at home on any subject , to be conversant or familiar with it. -- Coloq. To feel at home , to be at one's ease. -- Coloq. 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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Coloq. Home base or Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Home farm , Coloq. grounds , etc., the farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner. -- Coloq. Home lot , an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands. [U. S.] -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Home ruler , one who favors or advocates home rule. -- Coloq. Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post. -- Coloq. 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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Coloq. To bring home . See under . -- Coloq. To come home .(a) To touch or affect personally. See under . (b) (Naut.) To drag toward the vessel, instead of holding firm, as the cable is shortened; -- said of an anchor. -- Coloq. To haul home the sheets of a sail (Naut.), to haul the clews close to the sheave hole. Totten.
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home (hōm), 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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homebody n. a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel.
Syn. -- stay-at-home.
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Homeborn (hōmbôrn), a. 1. Native; indigenous; not foreign. Donne. Pope.
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2. Of or pertaining to the home or family.
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Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness. Cowper.
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homebound, home-bound (?), a. Kept at home, usually due to illness; same as .
Syn. -- housebound, shut-in.
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Home-bred (?), a. 1. Bred at home; domestic; not foreign. “ Home-bred mischief.” Milton.
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Benignity and home-bred sense. Wordsworth.
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2. Not polished; rude; uncultivated.
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Only to me home-bred youths belong. Dryden.
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homebuilder n. someone who builds houses as a business.
Syn. -- housebuilder.
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homecoming, home-coming (?), n. 1. A return home. [wns=2]
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Kepeth this child, al be it foul or fayr,
And eek my wyf, unto myn hoom-cominge. Chaucer.
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2. A social event, usually held annually at colleges and universities, to welcome visiting alumni; a type of school reunion for graduates. [wns=1]
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Home-driven (?), a. Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close.
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Home-dwelling (?), a. Keeping at home.
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Home-felt (-fĕlt), a. Felt in one's own breast; inward; private. “Home-felt quiet.” Pope.
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Homefield (-fēld), n. A field adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.
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homegrown, home-grown adj. 1. grown or produced at home or in a specific locality; -- of plants or animals. [wns=1]
Syn. -- local.
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2. Originating in a particular place or region; as, homegrown talent; -- applied broadly, to people (especially people with specific skills), products of manufacture, etc.
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Home-keeping (-kēpĭng), a. Staying at home; not gadding.
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Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. Shak.
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Home-keeping, n. A staying at home.
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Homeless, a. [AS. hāmleas.] Destitute of a home.

-- Homelessness, n.
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homeless, 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.

homelessness n. the state or condition of having no home, especially of living in the streets.
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Homelike (?), a. Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly; as, a homelike atmosphere.
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Homelily (?), adv. Plainly; inelegantly. [R.]
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Homeliness, n. [From .] 1. Domesticity; care of home. [Obs.] “Wifely homeliness.” Chaucer.
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2. Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
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4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language. Addison.
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Homeling (?), n. A person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; a native; as, a word which is a homeling. Trench.
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Homely, a. [Compar. Homelier (?); superl. Homeliest.] [From , n.] 1. Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate. [Archaic]
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With all these men I was right homely, and communed with, them long and oft. Foxe.
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Their homely joys, and destiny obscure. Gray.
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2. Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners.
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Now Strephon daily entertains
His Chloe in the homeliest strains. Pope.
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3. Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; ugly; -- usually used of people, especially women; -- contrary to handsome.
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None so homely but loves a looking-glass. South.
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Homely, adv. Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed. [R.] Spenser.
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Homelyn (?), n. [Scot. hommelin.] (Zoöl) The European sand ray (Raia maculata); -- called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray.
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Homemade (?), a. Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country. Locke.
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Homeopath (?), n. [Cf. F. homéopathe.] A practitioner of homeopathy. [Written also homœopath.]
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