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H — Hog-nut to Hoot (Part 6 of 11)

Home-bred, a.

    1. Native, natural, home-born.
    2. Domestic, not foreign.
    3. Unpolished, uncultivated, unrefined, un couth, rude, plain, homely.

Home-felt, a. Inward, private, heart-felt, deep, profound, deep-felt.

Homelike, a. Domestic.

Homeliness, n. Plainness, uncomeliness.

Homely, a.

    1. Domestic, homelike.
    2. Plain, coarse, uncomely, homespun, in-elegant.
    3. Plain, plain-looking, of plain features, uncomely, rather ugly.

Home-made, a. Homespun, of domestic manufacture.

Homesickness, n.

    1. Longing for home, pining for friends and kindred.
    2. (Med.) Nostalgia, sickness from loss of home and kindred.

Homespun, a.

    1. Home-made, of domestic manufacture.
    2. Plain, coarse, homely, rude, inelegant, unpolished.

Homeward, Homewards, ad. Toward home.

Homicide, n.

    1. Killing of a human being.
    2. Manslayer.