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See Homelyn.

Kept at home.

Bred at home; domestic; not foreign. " Home-bred mischief." Milton. Benignity and home-bred sense. Wordsworth.

Return home. Kepeth this child, al be it foul or fayr, And eek my wyf, unto myn hoom-cominge. Chaucer.

Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close.

Keeping at home.

Felt in one's own breast; inward; private. "Home-felt quiet. Pope.

Staying at home; not gadding. Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. Shak.

Direct, forcible, and effective speaking. Milton.

Of or pertaining to the home or family. Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness. Cowper.

Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.

Destitute of a home. -- Home"less*ness, n.

Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly.

Plainly; inelegantly. [R.]

Domesticity; care of home. [Obs.] "Wifely homeliness." Chaucer.

A person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; a native; as, a word which is a homeling. Trench.

Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate. [Archaic] With all these men I was right homely, and communed with, them long and oft. Foxe. Their homely joys, and destiny obscure. Gray.

The European sand ray (Raia maculata); -- called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray.

Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country. Locke.

A practitioner of homeopathy. [Written also homoeopath.]