Home keeping

Clinging to home; indisposed to roam or travel. Shaks. Homalia'ceæ, n . pl . ( Bot .) Homaliads, an order of plants, alliance Cactales. DIAG. Distinct sepals and petals, separate styles, and pendulous ovules. - The Homaliaceæ are trees or shrubs, with alternate leaves; the calyx superior and funnel-shaped, with from 5 to 15 divisions. Petals equal in number to, and alter- Homele ne , n. State of being homele and nate with, the divisions of the calyx. Stamens opposite vagrant. to the petals, and inserted on them, either distinct, or in bundles of three or six. Ovary 1-celled, with parietal placentas, numerous pendulous ovules, and from 3-5 styles. The fruit is a capsule, or berry, with small seeds, having the embryo in the axis of a little fleshy albumen. Some species of the typical genus Homalium are remarkable for their astringent properties. The order includes 8 genera and 30 species. Hom'burg, a town of Pru ia, and the former capital of the landgraviate of He e-Homburg, is situated at the foot of the Taunus Mountains, 9 m. N.W. of Frankfort- on-the-Maine. It has been much frequented on account of its mineral-waters; but since the suppre ion, in 1867, of its celebrated gaming-hall, it is now compar- atively deserted. Hom'burg's Sedative Salt, n. (Chem.) Same as BORACIC ACID, q. v. Home, n. [A. S.; Ger. heim; Dan. hjim; allied to Gr. kōmě , a village, and probably to Lat. dom us , Sansk. dhamar, a house.] One's own abode; a dwelling-house the house in which one resides; abode; residence; dwell- ing; habitation. " Home , sweet home ! there 's no place like home." -Payne. -One's own country or place of birth; also, that which belongs to an abode or dwelling-place. - Seat, or place of constant residence. "The land of the free, and the home of the brave." Star-spangled Banner. At home. At one's own place of residence; also applied to a social reception or entertainment; as, I attended Lady Ble ing ton's at home yesterday. H. Department. (Pol.) In the executive branch of government, that department which has control of all matters pertaining to the internal and civil polity of the state; department of interior; as, the Secretary of State for the Home Department . (Eng.) To be at home on any subject. To have a thorough knowledge of, or familiar acquaintance with; as, he is quite at home in the Sanskrit language.