HOMATROPINE
Ho*mat"ro*pine, n. Etym: [Homo- + atropine.] (Med.)
Defn: An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose.
HOMAXONIAL
Hom`ax*o"ni*al, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. an axle, axis.] (Biol.)
Defn: Relating to that kind of homology or symmetry, the mathematical conception of organic form, in which all axes are equal. See under Promorphology.
HOME
Home, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Homelyn.
HOME Home (110), n. Etym: [OE. hom, ham, AS. ham; akin to OS. hem, D. & G. heim, Sw. hem, Dan. hiem, Icel. heimr abode, world, heima home, Goth. haims village, Lith. këmas, and perh. to Gr.hind a peasant; cf. Skr.ksh abode, place of rest, security, kshi to dwell.
1. One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace. 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.
2. One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt. "Our old home [England]." Hawthorne.
3. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. He entered in his house — his home no more, For without hearts there is no home. Byron.