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ose in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. -- Corn marigold. (Bot.) See under Marigold. -- Corn oyster, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oyst…

One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.

ake difficulty; to be unwilling. [Obs.] If he coyed To hear Cominius speak, I 'll keep at home. Shak.

lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Forby. A dove to fly home her nest and croodle there. C. Kingsley.

n. The priest shall write these curses in a book. Num. v. 23. Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. Old Proverb.

The ringdove or wood pigeon. Scarce with cushat's homely song can vie. Sir W. Scott.

round the altar of Bacchus in a circle. -- Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a singe subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject. Milman.

Somewhat dank. -- Dank"ish*ness, n. In a dark and dankish vault at home. Shak.

That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss. Thy judgments are a great. Ps. xxxvi. 6. Deep of night, the most quiet or profound part of night; dead of night. The deep of night is crept upon our talk. Shak.

To disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which have been mobilized.

One who often takes his dinner away from home, or in company. A brilliant diner-out, though but a curate. Byron.

of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods." Shak. Home-home dishes that drive one from home. Hood.

To deprive of house or home. "Dishoused villagers." James White.

oin formerly made at the United States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of alloy.

Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants. His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong. Macaulay.

To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self.

The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.

feast, revel and domineer. Shak. His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. Prior.

ced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty. Ere Hector meets his doom. Pope. And homely household task shall be her doom. Dryden.

A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.