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y of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the countenance. It is for homely features to keep home. Milton.

A soldier enlisted for home service only; -- usually in the pl.

as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually. I often sate at home On evenings, watching how they fined themselves With gradual conscience to a perfect night. Browning.

A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.

oting with it. See Shaft. [Obs.] Challenged Cupid at the flight. Shak. Not a flight drawn home E'er made that haste that they have. Beau. & Fl.

ose dogs for scent or speed. Waller. Now, for so many glorious actions done, For peace at home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for Cæsar's health. Dryden. That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to crave, our prayer is, that God, for the worthiness of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsaf…

Ugly; homely; poor. [Obs.] Chaucer. Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares. Shak.

Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch. The Mahometan religion, which, being a gallimaufry made up of many, partakes much of the Jewish. South.

n the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his "men" or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person.

Goods; property; household stuff. Chaucer. Homely gear and common ware. Robynson (More's Utopia)

A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.

To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.] Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. Lovelace. Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. Drayton.

A Hebrew measure. See Homer.

especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes.

; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens, lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the grounds of the estate are well kept. Thy next design is on thy neighbor's grounds. Dryden. 4.

To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from. [Colloq.] G. G. Halpine.

Home. [North of Eng.] Chaucer.

Home. [Scot. & O. Eng.]

sable. So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. Milton.

A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use. And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. Cowper.