None so homely but loves a looking- glass.
South.
Home"ly, adv. Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed. [R.]
Spenser.
Home"lyn (?), n. [Scot. hommelin.] (Zoˆl) The European sand ray (Raia
maculata); -- called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray.
Home"made` (?), a. Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either
in a private family or in one's own country. Locke.
Ho"me*o*path (?), n. [Cf. F. homÈopathe.] A practitioner of homeopathy.
[Written also homúopath.]
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Ho`me*o*path"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. homÈopathique.] Of or pertaining to
homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy. [Also
homúpathic.]
Ho`me*o*path"ic*al*ly (?), adv. According to the practice of
homeopathy. [Also homúopathically.]
Ho`me*op"a*thist (?), n. A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy.
[Written also homúopathist.]
Ho*me*op"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. &?; likeness of condition or feeling; &?;
like (fr. &?; same; cf. Same) + &?; to suffer: cf. F. homÈopathie. See
Pathos.] (Med.) The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory
and its practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde) by
remedies which produce on a healthy person effects similar to the
symptoms of the complaint under which the patient suffers, the remedies
being usually administered in minute doses. This system was founded by
Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, and is opposed to allopathy, or heteropathy.
[Written also homúopathy.]
Hom"er (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to
return home from a distance.
Ho"mer (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Hoemother.
Ho"mer, n. [Heb. khmer.] A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid
measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one
pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two
pecks, four quarts. [Written also chomer, gomer.]
Ho*mer"ic (?), a. [L. Homericus, Gr. "Omhriko`s.] Of or pertaining to
Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer.
Homeric verse, hexameter verse; -- so called because used by Homer in
his epics.
Home"sick` (?), a. Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition. --
Home"sick`ness, n.
Home"-speak`ing (?), n. Direct, forcible, and effective speaking.
Milton.
Home"spun (?), a. 1. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture;
coarse; plain. "Homespun country garbs." W. Irving.
2. Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. "Our homespun
English proverb." Dryden. "Our homespun authors." Addison.
Home"spun, n. 1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.