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Homely; rude; coarse. [Obs.] By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon, I would not be an ass. Beau. & Fl.

uccess or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown. "The eclat of Homer's battles." Pope.

ing out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes.

ing; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.

emove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home. Forced to emigrate in a body to America. Macaulay. They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths. J. H. Newman.

One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass. As Virgil rivaled Homer, Milton was the emulator of both. Bp. Warburton.

Allopathy; -- a term used by followers of Hahnemann, or homeopathists.

entice thee, consent thou not. Prov. i. 10. Go, and thine erring brother gain, Entice him home to be forgiven. Keble.

ebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer.

ess methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.

Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country. Let them be recalled from their exile. Shak.

nsacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker. Story. Wharton. My factor sends me word, a mer…

s is very fair and good, my lord. Shak. Fair ball. (Baseball) (a) A ball passing over the home base at the height called for by the batsman, and delivered by the pitcher while wholly within the lines of his position and facing the batsman. (b) A batted ball that falls inside the foul lines; -- called also a fair hit.…

duty. -- To fall from grace (M. E. Ch.), to sin; to withdraw from the faith. -- To fall home (Ship Carp.), to curve inward; -- said of the timbers or upper parts of a ship's side which are much within a perpendicular. -- To fall in. (a) To sink inwards; as, the roof fell in. (b) (Mil.) To take one's proper or assign…

The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead. [Eng.]

A farm with the building upon it; a homestead on a farm. Tennyson. With its pleasant groves and farmsteads. Carlyle.

e to anything. [R.] The fashioner had accomplished his task, and the dresses were brought home. Sir W. Scott.

life that was spread out before me seemed dull and commonplace, only because I had not fathomed its deeper import. Hawthotne.

Capable of being fathomed.

Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded. And buckle in a waist most fathomless. Shak.