Holour Hol"our noun [ Old French holier .] A whoremonger. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Holp, Holpen Holp, Hol"pen imperfect & past participle of Help . [ Obsolete] Shak.

Holsom Hol"som adjective Wholesome. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Holstein Hol"stein noun (Zoology) One of a breed of cattle, originally from Schleswig- Holstein , valued for the large amount of milk produced by the cows. The color is usually black and white in irregular patches.

Holster Hol"ster noun [ Dutch holster ; skin to Anglo-Saxon heolstor den, cave, from helan to conceal, and to Icelandic hulstr case, Goth. hulistr covering, veil, huljan to cover. √17. See Hele to cover, Hell , and confer Housing , Houss .] A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle.

Holstered Hol"stered adjective Bearing holsters. Byron.

Holt Holt 3d pers. sing. present of Hold , contr. from holdeth . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Holt Holt noun [ Anglo-Saxon holt ; akin to LG. holt , Dutch hout , German holz . Icelandic holt ; cf Gael. & Ir. coill wood, Greek ... branch, shoot.] 1. A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill. "Every holt and heath." Chaucer.

She sent her voice though all the holt
Before her, and the park.

Tennyson.

2. A deep hole in a river where there is protection for fish; also, a cover, a hole, or hiding place. " The fox has gone to holt ." C. Kingsley.

Holwe Hol"we adjective Hollow. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Holy Ho"ly adjective [ Compar. Holier ; superl. Holiest .] [ Middle English holi , hali , Anglo-Saxon hālig , from hæl health, salvation, happiness, from hāl whole, well; akin to Old Saxon h...lag , D. & German heilig , Old High German heilac , Danish hellig , Swedish helig , Icelandic heilagr . See Whole , and confer Halibut , Halidom , Hallow , Hollyhock .] 1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood. " Holy rites and solemn feasts." Milton.

2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God.

Now through her round of holy thought
The Church our annual steps has brought.

Keble.

Holy Alliance (Hist.) , a league ostensibly for conserving religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia, Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe, except the pope and the king of England. -- Holy bark . See Cascara sagrada . -- Holy Communion . See Eucharist . -- Holy family (Art) , a picture in which the infant Christ, his parents, and others of his family are represented. - - Holy Father , a title of the pope. -- Holy Ghost (Theol.) , the third person of the Trinity; the Comforter; the Paraclete. -- Holy Grail . See Grail . -- Holy grass (Botany) , a sweet-scented grass ( Hierochloa borealis and H. alpina ). In the north of Europe it was formerly strewed before church doors on saints' days; whence the name. It is common in the northern and western parts of the United States. Called also vanilla, or Seneca, grass . -- Holy Innocents' day , Childermas day. -- Holy Land , Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity. -- Holy office , the Inquisition. -- Holy of holies (Script.) , the innermost apartment of the Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and where no person entered, except the high priest once a year. -- Holy One . (a) The Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis. " The Holy One of Israel." Is. xliii. 14. (b) One separated to the service of God. -- Holy orders . See Order . -- Holy rood , the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed, in churches. over the entrance to the chancel. -- Holy rope , a plant, the hemp agrimony. -- Holy Saturday (Eccl.) , the Saturday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter. -- Holy Spirit , same as Holy Ghost (above). -- Holy Spirit plant . See Dove plant . -- Holy thistle (Botany) , the blessed thistle. See under Thistle . -- Holy Thursday . (Eccl.) (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday. -- Holy war , a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of the holy places. -- Holy water (Gr. & R. C. Churches) , water which has been blessed by the priest for sacred purposes. -- Holy-water stoup , the stone stoup or font placed near the entrance of a church, as a receptacle for holy water. -- Holy Week (Eccl.) , the week before Easter, in which the passion of our Savior is commemorated. -- Holy writ , the sacred Scriptures. " Word of holy writ ." Wordsworth.

Holy cross Ho"ly cross" (?; 115). The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.

Congregation of the Holy Cross (R. C. Ch.) , a community of lay brothers and priests, in France and the United States, engaged chiefly in teaching and manual Labor. Originally called Brethren of St. Joseph . The Sisters of the Holy Cross engage in similar work. Addis & Arnold. -- Holy-cross day , the fourteenth of September, observed as a church festival, in memory of the exaltation of our Savior's cross.

Holyday Ho"ly·day` noun 1. A religious festival.

2. A secular festival; a holiday.

» Holiday is the preferable and prevailing spelling in the second sense. The spelling holy day or holyday in often used in the first sense.

Holystone Ho"ly·stone` noun (Nautical) A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships. Totten.

Holystone Ho"ly·stone` transitive verb (Nautical) To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.

Homœomeria Ho`mœ·o·me"ri·a noun [ Latin , from Greek ...; ... like + ... part.] The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of parts.

Homœomeric, Homœomerical Ho`mœ·o·mer"ic, Ho`mœ·o·mer"ic·al adjective Pertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts; receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of elements or first principles.

Homœomerous Ho`mœ·om"er·ous adjective (Anat.) Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; -- said of certain birds.

Homœomery Ho`mœ·om"e·ry noun [ Greek ... like + -metry .] Same as Homœomeria . [ Obsolete] Cudworth.

Homœomorphism Ho`mœ·o·mor"phism noun [ See Homœomorphous .] A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See Isomorphism .

Homœomorphous Ho`mœ·o·mor"phous adjective [ Greek ... of like form; ... like + ... form.] Manifesting homœomorphism.

Homœopathic Ho`mœ·o·path"ic adjective , Ho`mœ*op"a*thist noun , Ho`mœ*op"a*thy noun Same as Homeopathic , Homeopathist , Homeopathy .

Homœothermal Ho`mœ·o·ther"mal adjective See Homoiothermal .

Homœozoic Ho`mœ·o·zo"ic adjective [ Greek ... like + ... life.] (Zoology) Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of life; as, homœozoic belts on the earth's surface. E. Forbes.

Homacanth Hom"a·canth adjective [ Homo + Gr . ... a spine.] (Zoology) Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; -- said of certain fishes.

Homage Hom"age noun [ Old French homage , homenage , French hommage , Late Latin hominaticum , homenaticum , from Latin homo a man, Late Latin also, a client, servant, vassal; akin to Latin humus earth, Greek ... on the ground, and English groom in bride groom . Confer Bridegroom , Human .] 1. (Feud. Law) A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man , or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign.

2. Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance.

All things in heaven and earth do her [ Law] homage .

Hooker.

I sought no homage from the race that write.

Pope.

3. Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection. Chaucer.

Syn. -- Fealty; submission; reverence; honor; respect. -- Homage , Fealty . Homage was originally the act of a feudal tenant by which he declared himself, on his knees, to be the hommage or bondman of the lord; hence the term is used to denote reverential submission or respect. Fealty was originally the fidelity of such a tenant to his lord, and hence the term denotes a faithful and solemn adherence to the obligations we owe to superior power or authority. We pay our homage to men of preëminent usefulness and virtue, and profess our fealty to the principles by which they have been guided.

Go, go with homage yon proud victors meet !
Go, lie like dogs beneath your masters' feet !

Dryden.

Man, disobeying,
Disloyal, breaks his fealty , and sins
Against the high supremacy of heaven.

Milton.

Homage Hom"age transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Homaged ; present participle & verbal noun Homaging .] [ Confer Old French hommager .] 1. To pay reverence to by external action. [ R.]

2. To cause to pay homage. [ Obsolete] Cowley.

Homageable Hom"age·a·ble adjective [ Confer Old French hommageable .] Subject to homage. Howell.

Homager Hom"a·ger noun [ From Homage : confer French hommager .] One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal. Bacon.

Homalographic Hom`a·lo·graph"ic adjective Same as Homolographic .

Homaloid Hom"a·loid (hŏm"ȧ*loid), Hom`a*loid"al (-loid" a l) adjective [ Greek "omalo`s even + -oid .] (Geom.) Flat; even; -- a term applied to surfaces and to spaces, whether real or imagined, in which the definitions, axioms, and postulates of Euclid respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.

Homarus Hom"a·rus noun [ New Latin , from Greek "omarh`s well adjusted.] (Zoology) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters. -- Hom"a*roid adjective

Homatropine Ho·mat"ro·pine noun [ Homo- + atropine .] (Medicine) An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose.

Homaxonial Hom`ax·o"ni·al adjective [ Homo- + Gr . ... an axle, axis.] (Biol.) Relating to that kind of homology or symmetry, the mathematical conception of organic form, in which all axes are equal. See under Promorphology .

Home Home (hōm) noun (Zoology) See Homelyn .

Home Home (110), [ Middle English hom , ham , Anglo-Saxon hām ; akin to Old Saxon hēm , D. & German heim , Swedish hem , Danish hiem , Icelandic heimr abode, world, heima home, Goth. haims village, Lithuanian këmas , and perhaps to Greek kw`mh village, or to English hind a peasant; confer Sanskrit kshēma abode, place of rest, security, kshi to dwell. √20, 220.] 1. One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace.

The disciples went away again to their own home .

John xx. 10.

Home is the sacred refuge of our life.

Dryden.

Home ! home ! sweet, sweet home !
There's no place like home .

Payne.

2. One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt. "Our old home [ England]." Hawthorne.

3. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.

He entered in his house -- his home no more,
For without hearts there is no home .

Byron.

4. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home of the pine.

Her eyes are homes of silent prayer.

Tennyson.

Flandria, by plenty made the home of war.

Prior.

5. A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.

Man goeth to his long home , and the mourners go about the streets.

Eccl. xii. 5.

6. (Baseball) The home base; he started for home .

At home . (a) At one's own house, or lodgings. (b) In one's own town or country; as, peace abroad and at home . (c) Prepared to receive callers. -- Home department , the department of executive administration, by which the internal affairs of a country are managed. [ Eng.] To be at home on any subject , to be conversant or familiar with it. -- To feel at home , to be at one's ease. -- To make one's self at home , to conduct one's self with as much freedom as if at home.

Syn. -- Tenement; house; dwelling; abode; domicile.

Home Home adjective 1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.

2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.

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 or dependent country, as to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country; as, home rule in Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of Parliament. -- Home ruler , one who favors or advocates home rule. -- Home run (Baseball) , a complete circuit of the bases made before the batted ball is returned to the home base. -- Home stretch (Sport.) , that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post. -- Home thrust , a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack.

Home Home adverb 1. To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home , come home , carry home .

2. Close; closely.

How home the charge reaches us, has been made out.

South.

They come home to men's business and bosoms.

Bacon.

3. To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length; as, to drive a nail home ; to ram a cartridge home .

Wear thy good rapier bare and put it home .

Shak.

» Home is often used in the formation of compound words, many of which need no special definition; as, home - brewed, home -built, home-grown , etc.

To bring home . See under Bring . -- To come home . (a) To touch or affect personally. See under Come . (b) (Nautical) To drag toward the vessel, instead of holding firm, as the cable is shortened; -- said of an anchor. -- To haul home the sheets of a sail (Nautical) , to haul the clews close to the sheave hole. Totten.

Home Home noun In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal ; as: (a) (Baseball) The plate at which the batter stands. (b) (Lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent's goal; also, the player.

Home-bound Home"-bound` adjective Kept at home.

Home-bred Home"-bred` adjective 1. Bred at home; domestic; not foreign. " Home-bred mischief." Milton.

Benignity and home-bred sense.

Wordsworth.

2. Not polished; rude; uncultivated.

Only to me home-bred youths belong.

Dryden.

Home-coming Home"-com`ing noun Return home.

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

Chaucer.

Home-driven Home"-driv`en adjective Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close.

Home-dwelling Home"-dwell`ing adjective Keeping at home.

Home-felt Home"-felt` (-fĕlt`) adjective Felt in one's own breast; inward; private. " Home- felt quiet." Pope.

Home-keeping Home"-keep`ing (-kēp`ĭng) adjective Staying at home; not gadding.

Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits.

Shak.

Home-keeping Home"-keep`ing noun A staying at home.

Home-speaking Home"-speak`ing noun Direct, forcible, and effective speaking. Milton.

Homeborn Home"born` (hōm"bôrn`) adjective 1. Native; indigenous; not foreign. Donne. Pope.

2. Of or pertaining to the home or family.

Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness.

Cowper.

Homefield Home"field` (-fēld`) noun A field adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.

Homeless Home"less adjective [ Anglo-Saxon hāmleas .] Destitute of a home.

-- Home"less*ness , noun

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