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adjective

Home adj.

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.

3.

(Games) In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal; as:

(a)

(Baseball) The plate at which the batter stands; same as home base and home plate.

(b)

(Lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent's goal; also, the player.

Home base or Home plate (Baseball), the base at which the batter stands when batting, and which is the last base to be reached in scoring a run.

Home farm, Home 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 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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Home rule" Quotes from Famous Books

... both; and thus found out the weak spot in party government. Its tactics were successful up to a certain point, for Mr. Gladstone succumbed to the temptation to purchase its support, and brought in the Home Rule Bill. The result is known to all; the historical Liberal party was rent in twain; party lines were readjusted; Mr. Gladstone was left in a hopeless minority; and the remnant of his following is to-day in the same condition. ...

— Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government • T. R. Ashworth and H. P. C. Ashworth

... another tie between us. Finally, Lord Arthur, hitherto a very loyal, if sometimes critical, supporter of Mr. Gladstone, became, as I had become, a Liberal Unionist. He followed, that is, Lord Hartington into opposition on the Home Rule question. But I, as a member of the Liberal Unionist Committee and Editor of The Liberal Unionist,—the organ of our new Party,—had a position amongst Liberal Unionists rather above what might have been expected at my age. I was then about twenty- seven—a ...

— The Adventure of Living • John St. Loe Strachey

... Barely a third of the House took part in the division, and no Irish Member voted for the Third Reading, which was carried by 183 votes to 52; but, having regard to the influence of the unexpected in Irish affairs, this apparent apathy may be a good sign. After thirty-five years of acute strife, Home Rule for Ireland is, at any rate, ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, November 17, 1920 • Various

... now seemed to be manoeuvring for position. The Morman newspaper organs expressed complete indifference about securing statehood. In Congress Mr. Caine, the Utah Delegate, introduced what was known as the "Home Rule Bill," taking the control of territorial affairs from the governor and commission. This was known as a Democratic measure, and great pressure was brought to bear on Republican leaders at Washington to show them that ...

— The Story of the Mormons: • William Alexander Linn

... Fenianism. But the Irish question did not occupy so much space in his discourse as in those of most speakers at that moment, and this for a reason which he gave later in his life: 'About Ireland I was never given to saying much, because, except for a short time in 1885, when moderate Home Rule could have been carried, I never thoroughly saw my own way.' But as early as 1869 he deplored the lack of local deliberative bodies which elsewhere did much of the State's work, and in 1871 he advocated their ...

— The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke V1 • Stephen Gwynn

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