home

(hom), adv. [¢ AS. ham, adv., prop. the acc. used adverbially, as also in G. Dan. Sw., ete.: see home, n.] 1. To, toward, or at home, in any sense of that word. In discontent then hame she went, And aye the tear did blin’ her e’e. The Laird of War is toun (Child’s Ballads, TIT. 320). Thanne the Sone bryngethe hoom with him alle his Kyn, and his Frendes, and alle the othere to his Hows, and make the hem a gret Feste. Mandeville, Travels, p. 309. Here she is allowed her virgin rites, Her maiden strewments, and the bringing home Of bell and burial. Shak., Hamlet, v. 1. Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost. Bulwer, Lady of Lyons, v. 2. An arrow is home when drawn to the pile. M, and W. Thompson, Archery, p. 53. 2. To the point; to the mark aimed at; so as to produce an intended effect; effectively; satisfactorily; closely: as, to strike home; to charge home; to speak home. In your letters you touch me home. J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 30. With his prepared sword, he charges home My unprovided body. Shak., Lear, ii. 1. Speak to me home, mince not the general tongue. Shak., A. and C., i. 2. She speaks to the matter, and comes home to the point. Fletcher, Wild goose Chase, ii. 1. To put the affront the homer, [Prince Rupert] resolv'd that very day to march quite thorow the middle of the Quarters, Prince Rupert's late beating up the rebels’ quarters at Post- [comb and Chenner (1643), p. 2. 206 home Joseph, tax him home. Sheridan, School for Scandal, iv. 3. To bring home to. See bring.—To come home, fall home, follow home, get home, etc. See the verbs.— To pay homet, to urge, pre , or pay to the full; satisfy fully; retaliate effectively. Aere meo me lace is, thou gevest me scoffe for scoffe, or as we saie, thou patest me home. Ellyot, 1559. All my services You have paid home. Shak., W. T., v. 3. To sheet home, to haul the sheets of a sail so that the clues will be stretched apart as far as po ible-—To tumble home. See tumbde.