(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), adv.
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) (Naut.) 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 (Naut.), to haul the clews close to the
sheave hole. Totten.
