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Home base (Baseball), the base at which the batsman stands and which is the last goal in making 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…

ts; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn. "Honeying and making love." Shak. Rough to common men, But honey at the whisper of a lord. Tennyson.

anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.

The art of constructing instruments for making the hours, as clocks, watches, and dials.

A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson.

The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.

A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India, the bulb containing the water is often a cocoanut shell.

the plant) of a fungus is formed. They are also found enveloping the gonidia of lichens, making up a large part of their structure.

a close-covered pit or building for storing ice. -- Ice machine (Physics), a machine for making ice artificially, as by the production of a low temperature through the sudden expansion of a gas or vapor, or the rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid. -- Ice master. See Ice pilot (below). -- Ice pack, an irregular ma…

th Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass. Ice-skater = one who skates on ice wearing an ice skate; esp. an athlete who performs athletic or artistic movements on a sheet of ice, wearing ice skates; including speed skater and figure skater…

ts true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such plans.

The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

Making illustrious. [Obs.]

The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental imagines. Our simple apprehension of corporeal objects, if present, is sense; if absent, is imagination. Glanvill. Imagination is of three kinds: joined with belief of that…

The act of making into paste; that which is formed into a paste or mixture; specifically, a combination of different substances by means of cements.

The act of making fat, or the state of being fat or fattened. [Obs.]

The act of impressing or making.

Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.

The act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. "A good improvement of his reason." S. Clarke. I shall make some improvement of this doctrine. Tillotson…

blood Clean from my hand No; this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red. Shak.