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.

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

Her eyes are homes of silent prayer. Tennyson.

Flandria, by plenty made the home of war. Prior.

Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets. Eccl. xii. 5.

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 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.

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

They come home to men's business and bosoms. Bacon.

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.