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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Home \Home\, adv.
1. To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come
home, carry home.
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2. Close; closely.
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How home the charge reaches us, has been made out.
--South.
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They come home to men's business and bosoms.
--Bacon.
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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.
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Wear thy good rapier bare and put it home. --Shak.
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Note: 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.
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{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.
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