HOLIDAYHol`i*day, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay. Shak.
2. Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion. Courage is but a holiday kind of virtue, to be seldom exercised. Dryden.
HOLILYHo"li*ly, adv. Etym: [From Holy.]
1. Piously; with sanctity; in a holy manner.
2. Sacredly; inviolably. [R.] Shak.
HOLINESSHo"li*ness, n. Etym: [AS. halignes.]
1. The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence. Who is like thee, glorious in holiness! Ex. xv. 11.
2. The state of being hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship; sacredness. Israel was holiness unto the Lord. Jer.ii.3. His holiness, a title of the pope; — formerly given also to Greek bishops and Greek emperors.
Syn.— Piety; devotion; godliness; sanctity; sacredness; righteousness.
HOLINGHol"ing, n. Etym: [See Hole a hollow.] (Mining)
Defn: Undercutting in a bed of coal, in order to bring down the upper mass. Raymond.
HOLLA Hol"la, interj. Etym: [F. hola; ho ho + là there, fr. L. illac that way, there. Cf. Hollo.]
Defn: Hollo.
HOLLAHol"la, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hollaed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hollaing.]
Defn: See Hollo, v. i.
HOLLANDHol"land, n.
Defn: A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands.
HOLLANDAISE SAUCE; HOLLANDAISE Hol`lan*daise" sauce, or Hol`lan*daise", n. [F. hollandaise, fem. of hollandais Dutch.] (Cookery)
Defn: A sauce consisting essentially of a seasoned emulsion of butter and yolk of eggs with a little lemon juice or vinegar.
HOLLANDERHol"land*er, n.
1. A native or one of the people of Holland; a Dutchman.
2. A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water; — called also, Dutch clinker. Wagner.
HOLLANDISHHol"land*ish, a.
Defn: Relating to Holland; Dutch.
HOLLANDSHol"lands, n.
1. Gin made in Holland.
2. pl.
Defn: See Holland.
HOLLOHol*lo", interj. & n. Etym: [See Halloo, and cf. Holla.]
Defn: Ho there; stop; attend; hence, a loud cry or a call to attractattention; a halloo.And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariner's hollo.Coleridge.
HOLLOHol"lo, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Holloed; p. pr. & vb. n. Holloing.] Etym:[See Hollo, intery., and cf. Halloo.]
Defn: To call out or exclaim; to halloo.
HOLLOAHol*loa", interj., n. & v. i.
Defn: Same as Hollo.
HOLLOWHol"low, a. Etym: [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow, hole.Cf. Hole.]
1. Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere. Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. Ex. xxvii. 8..
2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken. With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. Shak.
3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. Dryden.
4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend. Milton. Hollow newel (Arch.), an opening in the center of a winding staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being supported by the wall; an open newel; also, the stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a staircase. — Hollow quoin (Engin.), a pier of stone or brick made behind the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or recess to receive the ends of the gates. — Hollow root. (Bot.) See Moschatel. — Hollow square. See Square. — Hollow ware, hollow vessels; — a trade name for cast-iron kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc.
Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false; faithless; deceitful; treacherous.
HOLLOWHol"low, n.
1. A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree.
2. A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel. Forests grew Upon the barren hollows. Prior. I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood. Tennyson.
HOLLOWHol"low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hollowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hollowing.]
Defn: To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate. "Trees rudely hollowed." Dryden.
HOLLOWHol"low, adv.
Defn: Wholly; completely; utterly; — chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv. [Collog.] The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence. Darwin.
HOLLOWHol*low", interj. Etym: [See Hollo.]
Defn: Hollo.
HOLLOWHol"low, v. i.
Defn: To shout; to hollo.Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear. Fuller.
HOLLOWHol"low, v. t.
Defn: To urge or call by shouting.He has hollowed the hounds. Sir W. Scott.
HOLLOW-HEARTEDHol"low-heart`ed, a.
Defn: Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.
Syn.— Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.
HOLLOW-HORNEDHol"low-horned`, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having permanent horns with a bony core, as cattle.
HOLLOWLYHol"low*ly, adv.
Defn: Insincerely; deceitfully. Shak.
HOLLOWNESSHol"low*ness, n.
1. State of being hollow. Bacon.
2. Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery. South.
HOLLUSCHICKIE Hol"lus*chick`ie, n. sing. & pl. [Prob. of Russ. goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr. goluii naked.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six years old; — called also bachelor, because prevented from breeding by the older full-grown males.
The holluschickie are the seals that may legally be killed for theirskins.
But he'll lie down on the killing grounds where the holluschickie go.Kipling.
HOLLYHol"ly, adv.
Defn: Wholly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HOLLY Hol"ly, n. Etym: [OE holi, holin, AS. holen, holegn; akin to D. & G. hulst, OHG. huls hulis, W. celyn, Armor. kelen, Gael. cuilionn, Ir. cuileann. Cf. 1st Holm, Hulver.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (IlexAguifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny,waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow aboutMichaelmas.
Note: The holly is much used to adorn churches and houses, at Christmas time, and hence is associated with scenes of good will and rejoicing. It is an evergreen tree, and has a finegrained, heavy, white wood. Its bark is used as a febrifuge, and the berries are violently purgative and emetic. The American holly is the Ilex opaca, and is found along the coast of the United States, from Maine southward. Gray.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: The holm oak. See 1st Holm. Holly-leaved oak (Bot.), the black scrub oak. See Scrub oak. — Holly rose (Bot.), a West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow flowers (Turnera ulmifolia). — Sea holly (Bot.), a species of Eryngium. See Eryngium.
HOLLYHOCK Hol"ly*hock, n. Etym: [OE. holihoc; holi holy + hoc mallow, AS. hoc; cf. W. hocys mallows, hocys bendigaid hollyhock, lit., blessed mallow. Prob. so named because brought from the Holy Land. See Holy.] (Bot.)
Defn: A species of Althæa (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; — called also rose mallow.
HOLM Holm, n. Etym: [OE., prob. from AS. holen holly; as the holly is also called holm. See Holly.] (Bot.)
Defn: A common evergreen oak, of Europe (Quercus Ilex); — called also ilex, and holly.
HOLMHolm, n. Etym: [AS. holm, usually meaning, sea, water; akin to Icel.holmr, holmr, an island, Dan. holm, Sw. holme, G. holm, and prob. toE. hill. Cf. Hill.]
1. An islet in a river. J. Brand.
2. Low, flat land. Wordsworth. The soft wind blowing over meadowy holms. Tennyson. Holm thrush (Zoöl.), the missel thrush.
HOLMIAHol"mi*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Chem.)
Defn: An oxide of holmium.
HOLMIUMHol"mi*um, n. Etym: [NL., of uncertain origin.] (Chem.)
Defn: A rare element said to be contained in gadolinite.— Hol"mic, a.
HOLMOSHol"mos, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Greek & Etrus. Antiq.)
Defn: A name given to a vase having a rounded body; esp.: (a) A closed vessel of nearly spherical form on a high stem or pedestal. Fairholt. (b) A drinking cup having a foot and stem.
HOLO-Hol"o-.
Defn: A combining form fr. Gr. "o`los whole.
HOLOBLASTHol"o*blast, n. Etym: [Holo + -blast.] (Biol.)
Defn: an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast.
HOLOBLASTICHol`o*blas"tic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; — opposed to meroblastic.
HOLOCAUST Hol"o*caust, n. Etym: [L. holocaustum, Gr. "o'los whole + kaysto`s burnt, fr. kai`ein to burn (cf. Caustic): cf. F. holocauste.]
1. A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations. Milton.
2. Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship.
Note: [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]
HOLOCEPHALIHol`o*ceph"a*li, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. "o`los whole + (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chimæras; — called also Holocephala. See Chimæra; also Illustration in Appendix.
HOLOCRYPTICHol`o*cryp"tic, a. Etym: [Holo-+ Gr. to conceal.]
Defn: Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered. Holocryptic cipher, a cipher so constructed as to afford no clew to its meaning to one ignorant of the key.
HOLOCRYSTALLINEHol`o*crys"tal*line, a. Etym: [Holo + crystalline.] (Min.)
Defn: Completely crystalline; — said of a rock like granite, all the constituents of which are crystalline.
HOLOGRAPH Hol"o*graph, n. Etym: [L.holographus entirely autograph, Gr. "olo`grafos; "o`los whole + gra`fein to write: cf. F. holographe, olographe.]
Defn: A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be.
HOLOGRAPHICHol`o*graph"ic, a.
Defn: Of the nature of a holograph; pertaining to holographs.
HOLOHEDRALHol`o*he"dral, a. Etym: [Holo + Gr. (Crystallog.)
Defn: Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, — in opposition to hemihedral.
HOLOHEMIHEDRALHol`o*hem`i*he"dral, a. Etym: [Holo- + hemihedral.] (Crystallog.)
Defn: Presenting hemihedral forms, in which all the sectants have halt the whole number of planes. Dana.
HOLOMETABOLAHol`o*me*tab"o*la, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Holo-, and Metabola.](Zoöl.)
Defn: Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.
HOLOMETABOLICHol`o*met`a*bol"ic, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a complete metamorphosis;-said of certain insects, as the butterflies and bees.
HOLOMETERHo*lom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Holo + -meter: cf. F. holometre.]
Defn: An instrument for making of angular measurements.
HOLOPHANEROUSHol`o*phan"er*ous, a. Etym: [Holo + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Holometabolic.
HOLOPHOTALHol`o*pho"tal, a. Etym: [Holo + Gr. (Opt.)
Defn: Causing no loss of light; — applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of light without perceptible loss.
HOLOPHOTEHol"o*phote, n.
Defn: A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; — used in lighthouses.
HOLOPHRASTICHol`o*phras"tic, a. Etym: [Holo + Gr. holophrastique.]
Defn: Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, — as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.
HOLOPHYTICHol`o*phyt"ic, a. Etym: [Holo + Gr.
Defn: Wholly or distinctively vegetable. Holophytic nutrition (, that form of nutrition, characteristic of vegetable organisms, in which carbonic acid, ammonia, and nitrates are absorbed as food, in distinction from the animal mode of nutrition, by the ingestion of albuminous matter.
HOLORHINALHol`o*rhi"nal, a. Etym: [Holo + Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Having the nasal bones contiguous.
HOLOSIDERITEHol`o*sid"er*ite, n. Etym: [Holo + siderite.] (Min.)
Defn: Meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.
HOLOSTEANHo*los"te*an, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to the Holostei.
HOLOSTEIHo*los"te*i, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + (Zoöl.)
Defn: An extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike, bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See Illustration in Appendix.
HOLOSTERICHol`o*ster"ic, a. Etym: [Holo + Gr.stereo`s solid.]
Defn: Wholly solid; — said of a barometer constructed of solid materials to show the variations of atmospheric pressure without the use of liquids, as the aneroid.
HOLOSTOMATA Hol`o*stom"a*ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + sto`ma, - atos, mouth.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture.
HOLOSTOMATEHo*los"to*mate, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Holostomatous.
HOLOSTOMATOUSHol`o*stom"a*tous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having an entire aperture; — said of many univalve shells.
HOLOSTOMEHol"o*stome, n. Etym: [Holo + Gr. sto`ma mouth.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Holostomata.
HOLOSTRACAHo*los"tra*ca, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of phyllopod Crustacea, including those that are entirely covered by a bivalve shell.
HOLOTHUREHol"o*thure, n. Etym: [L. holothuria, pl., a sort of water polyp, Gr.(Zoöl.)
Defn: A holothurian.
HOLOTHURIANHol`o*thu"ri*an, a.
Defn: ( — n.
Defn: One of the Holothurioidea.
Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called sea cucumbers, sea slugs, trepang, and bêche de mèr. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese. See Trepang.
HOLOTHURIOIDEAHol`o*thu`ri*oi"de*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Holothure, and -oid.](Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the classes of echinoderms.
Note: They have a more or less elongated body, often flattened beneath, and a circle of tentacles, which are usually much branched, surrounding the mouth; the skin is more or less flexible, and usually contains calcareous plates of various characteristic forms, sometimes becoming large and scalelike. Most of the species have five bands (ambulacra) of sucker-bearing feet along the sides; in others these are lacking. In one group (Pneumonophora) two branching internal gills are developed; in another (Apneumona) these are wanting. Called also Holothurida, Holothuridea, and Holothuroidea.
HOLOTRICHAHo*lot"ri*cha, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of ciliated Infusoria, having cilia all over the body.
HOLOURHol"our, n. Etym: [OF.holier.]
Defn: A whoremonger. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HOLP; HOLPENHolp, Hol"pen,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Help. [Obs.] Shak.
HOLSOMHol"som, a.
Defn: Wholesome. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HOLSTEINHol"stein, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a breed of cattle, originally from Schleswig-Holstein, valued for the large amount of milk produced by the cows. The color is usually black and white in irregular patches.
HOLSTER Hol"ster, n. Etym: [D. holster; skin to AS. heolstor den, cave, fr.helan to conceal, and to Icel. hulstr case, Goth.hulistr covering, veil, huljan to cover. sq. root17. See Hele to cover, Hell, and cf. Housing, Houss.]
Defn: A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle.
HOLSTEREDHol"stered, a.
Defn: Bearing holsters. Byron.
HOLTHolt,
Defn: 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contr. from holdeth. [Obs.]Chaucer.
HOLT Holt, n. Etym: [AS. holt; akin to LG.holt, D.hout, G. holz. Icel. holt; cf Gael. & Ir.coill wood, Gr.
1. A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill. "Every holt andheath." Chaucer.She sent her voice though all the holt Before her, and the park.Tennyson.
2. A deep hole in a river where there is protection for fish; also, a cover, a hole, or hiding place. " The fox has gone to holt." C. Kingsley.
HOLWEHol"we, a.
Defn: Hollow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HOLYHo"ly, a. [Compar. Holier; superl. Holiest.] Etym: [OE. holi, hali,AS.halig, fr. hæl health, salvation, happiness, fr. hal whole, well;akin to OS. h, D. & G.heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig,Icel. heilagr. See Whole, and cf. Halibut, Halidom, Hallow,Hollyhock.]
1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood. "Holy rites and solemn feasts." Milton.
2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God. Now through her round of holy thought The Church our annual steps has brought. Keble. Holy Alliance (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia, Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe, except the pope and the king of England. — Holy bark. See Cascara sagrada. — Holy Communion. See Eucharist. — Holy family (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ, his parents, and others of his family are represented. — Holy Father, a title of the pope. — Holy Ghost (Theol.),the third person of the Trinity; the Comforter; the Paraclete. — Holy Grail. See Grail. — Holy grass (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass (Hierochloa borealis and H. alpina). In the north of Europe it was formerly strewed before church doors on saints' days; whence the name. It is common in the northern and western parts of the United States. Called also vanilla, or Seneca, grass. — Holy Innocents' day, Childermas day. — Holy Land, Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity. — Holy office, the Inquisition. — Holy of holies (Script.), the innermost apartment of the Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and where no person entered, except the high priest once a year. — Holy One. (a) The Supreme Being; — so called by way of emphasis. " The Holy One of Israel." Is. xliii. 14. (b) One separated to the service of God. — Holy orders. See Order. — Holy rood, the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed, in churches. over the entrance to the chancel. — Holy rope, a plant, the hemp agrimony. — Holy Saturday (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter. — Holy Spirit, same as Holy Ghost (above). — Holy Spirit plant. See Dove plant. — Holy thistle (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See under Thistle. — Holy Thursday. (Eccl.) (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday. — Holy war, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of the holy places. — Holy water (Gr. & R. C. Churches), water which has been blessed by the priest for sacred purposes. — Holy-water stoup, the stone stoup or font placed near the entrance of a church, as a receptacle for holy water. — Holy Week (Eccl.), the week before Easter, in which the passion of our Savior is commemorated. — Holy writ, the sacred Scriptures. " Word of holy writ." Wordsworth.
HOLY CROSSHo"ly cross".
Defn: The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion. Congregation of the Holy Cross (R. C. Ch.), a community of lay brothers and priests, in France and the United States, engaged chiefly in teaching and manual Labor. Originally called Brethren of St. Joseph. The Sisters of the Holy Cross engage in similar work. Addis & Arnold. — Holy-cross day, the fourteenth of September, observed as a church festival, in memory of the exaltation of our Savior's cross.
HOLYDAYHo"ly*day`, n.
1. A religious festival.
2. A secular festival; a holiday.
Note: Holiday is the preferable and prevailing spelling in the second sense. The spelling holy day or holyday in often used in the first sense.
HOLYSTONEHo"ly*stone`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.Totten.
HOLYSTONEHo"ly*stone`, v. t. (Naut.)
Defn: To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.
HOMACANTHHom"a*canth, a. Etym: [Homo + Gr. a spine.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; — said of certain fishes.
HOMAGE Hom"age, n. Etym: [OF.homage, homenage, F. hommage, LL. hominaticum, homenaticum, from L. homo a man, LL. also, a client, servant, vassal; akin to L. humus earth, Gr.groom in bridegroom. Cf. Bridegroom, Human.]
1. (Feud. Law)
Defn: A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign.
2. Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance. All things in heaven and earth do her [Law] homage. Hooker. I sought no homage from the race that write. Pope.
3. Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection. Chaucer.
Syn. — Fealty; submission; reverence; honor; respect. — Homage, Fealty. Homage was originally the act of a feudal tenant by which he declared himself, on his knees, to be the hommage or bondman of the lord; hence the term is used to denote reverential submission or respect. Fealty was originally the fidelity of such a tenant to his lord, and hence the term denotes a faithful and solemn adherence to the obligations we owe to superior power or authority. We pay our homage to men of preëminent usefulness and virtue, and profess our fealty to the principles by which they have been guided. Go, go with homage yon proud victors meet ! Go, lie like dogs beneath your masters' feet ! Dryden. Man, disobeying, Disloyal, breaks his fealty, and sins Against the high supremacy of heaven. Milton.
HOMAGEHom"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Homaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Homaging.]Etym: [Cf. OF. hommager.]
1. To pay reverence to by external action. [R.]
2. To cause to pay homage. [Obs.] Cowley.
HOMAGEABLEHom"age*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. hommageable.]
Defn: Subject to homage. Howell.
HOMAGERHom"a*ger, n. Etym: [From Homage: cf. F. hommager.]
Defn: One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal. Bacon.
HOMALOGRAPHICHom`a*lo*graph"ic, a.
Defn: Same as Homolographic.
HOMALOID; HOMALOIDALHom"a*loid, Hom`a*loid"al, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Geom.)
Defn: Flat; even; — a term applied to surfaces and to spaces, whether real or imagined, in which the definitions, axioms, and postulates of Euclid respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.
HOMARUSHom"a*rus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters.— Hom"a*roid, a.
HOMATROPINEHo*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.
HOMAXONIALHom`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.
HOMEHome, 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.
4. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home of the pine. Her eyes are homes of silent prayer. Tennyson. Flandria, by plenty made the home of war. Prior.
5. A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul. Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets. Eccl. xii. 5.
6. (Baseball)
Defn: The home base; he started for home. At home.(a) At one's own house, or lodgings. (b) In one's own town or country; as, peace abroad and at home. (c) Prepared to receive callers. — Home department, the department of executive administration, by which the internal affairs of a country are managed. [Eng.] To be at home on any subject, to be conversant or familiar with it. — To feel at home, to be at one's ease. — To make one's self at home, to conduct one's self with as much freedom as if at home.
Syn.— Tenement; house; dwelling; abode; domicile.
HOMEHome, a.
1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust. Home base (Baseball), the base at which the batsman stands and which is the last goal in making a run. — Home farm, grounds, etc., the farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner. — Home lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands. [U. S.] — Home rule, rule or government of an appendent or dependent country, as to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country; as, home rule in Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home- rule members of Parliament. — Home ruler, one who favors or advocates home rule. — Home run (Baseball), a complete circuit of the bases made before the batted ball is returned to the home base. — Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post. — Home thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack.
HOMEHome, adv.
1. To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.
2. Close; closely.How home the charge reaches us, has been made out. South.They come home to men's business and bosoms. Bacon.
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. Wear thy good rapier bare and put it home. Shak.
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. 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.
HOMEBORNHome"born`, a.
1. Native; indigenous; not foreign. Donne. Pope.
2. Of or pertaining to the home or family. Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness. Cowper.
HOME-BOUNDHome"-bound`, a.
Defn: Kept at home.
HOME-BREDHome"-bred`, a.
1. Bred at home; domestic; not foreign. " Home-bred mischief." Milton. Benignity and home-bred sense. Wordsworth.
2. Not polished; rude; uncultivated. Only to me home-bred youths belong. Dryden.
HOME-COMINGHome-com`ing, n.
Defn: Return home. Kepeth this child, al be it foul or fayr, And eek my wyf, unto myn hoom-cominge. Chaucer.
HOME-DRIVENHome"-driv`en, a.
Defn: Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close.
HOME-DWELLINGHome"-dwell`ing, a.
Defn: Keeping at home.
HOME-FELTHome"-felt`, a.
Defn: Felt in one's own breast; inward; private. "Home-felt quiet.Pope.
HOMEFIELDHome"field`, n.
Defn: Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.
HOME-KEEPINGHome"-keep`ing, a.
Defn: Staying at home; not gadding.Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. Shak.
HOME-KEEPINGHome"-keep`ing, n.
Defn: A staying at home.
HOMELESSHome"less, a. Etym: [AS.hamleas.]
Defn: Destitute of a home.— Home"less*ness, n.
HOMELIKEHome"like`, a.
Defn: Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly.
HOMELILYHome"li*ly, adv.
Defn: Plainly; inelegantly. [R.]
HOMELINESSHome"li*ness, n. Etym: [From Homely.]
1. Domesticity; care of home. [Obs.] "Wifely homeliness." Chaucer.
2. Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language. Addison.
HOMELINGHome"ling, n.
Defn: A person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; a native; as, a word which is a homeling. Trench.
HOMELY Home"ly, a. [Compar. Homelier; superl. Homeliest.] Etym: [From Home, n.]
1. Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate. [Archaic] With all these men I was right homely, and communed with, them long and oft. Foxe. Their homely joys, and destiny obscure. Gray.
2. Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners. Now Strephon daily entertains His Chloe in the homeliest strains. Pope.
3. Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; — contrary to handsome. None so homely but loves a looking-glass. South.
HOMELYHome"ly, adv.
Defn: Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed. [R.] Spenser.
HOMELYNHome"lyn, n. Etym: [Scot. hommelin.] (Zoöl)
Defn: The European sand ray (Raia maculata); — called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray.
HOMEMADEHome"made`, a.
Defn: Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country. Locke.
HOMEOPATHHo"me*o*path, n. Etym: [Cf. F. homéopathe.]
Defn: A practitioner of homeopathy. [Written also homoeopath.]
HOMEOPATHICHo`me*o*path"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. homéopathique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy. [Also homoepathic.]
HOMEOPATHICALLYHo`me*o*path"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: According to the practice of homeopathy. [Also homoepathically.]
HOMEOPATHISTHo`me*op"a*thist, n.
Defn: A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy. [Written also homoepathist.]
HOMEOPATHYHo*me*op"a*thy, n. Etym: [Gr. Same) + homéopathie. See Pathos.](Med.)
Defn: 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 homoepathy.]
HOMERHom"er, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
HOMERHo"mer, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Hoemother.
HOMERHo"mer, n. Etym: [Heb. khomer.]
Defn: 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.]
HOMERICHo*mer"ic, a. Etym: [L. Homericus, Gr.
Defn: 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.
HOMESICKHome"sick`, a.
Defn: Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition.— Home"sick`ness, n.
HOME-SPEAKINGHome"-speak`ing, n.
Defn: Direct, forcible, and effective speaking. Milton.
HOMESPUNHome"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.
HOMESPUNHome"spun, n.
1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.
2. An unpolished, rustic person. [Obs.] Shak.
HOMESTALLHome"stall`, n. Etym: [AS. hamsteall.]
Defn: Place of a home; homestead. Cowper.
HOMESTEADHome"stead, n. Etym: [AS. hamstede.]
1. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it. Dryden.
2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin. We can trace them back to a homestead on the Rivers Volga and Ural. W. Tooke.
3. (Law)
Defn: The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family. Homestead law. (a) A law conferring special privileges or exemptions upon owners of homesteads; esp., a law exempting a homestead from attachment or sale under execution for general debts. Such laws, with limitations as to the extent or value of the property, exist in most of the States. Called also homestead exemption law. (b) Also, a designation of an Act of Congress authorizing and regulating the sale of public lands, in parcels of 160 acres each, to actual settlers. [U.S.]
HOMESTEADERHome"stead*er, n.
Defn: One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner. [Local, U.S.]
HOMEWARDHome"ward, a.
Defn: Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way.
HOMEWARD; HOMEWARDSHome"ward, Home"wards, adv. Etym: [AS. hamweard.]
Defn: Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country. Homeward bound, bound for home; going homeward; as, the homeward bound fleet.
HOMICIDALHom"i*ci`dal, a.
Defn: Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide; murderous.
HOMICIDEHom"i*cide, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. homicidium, fr. homicida a manslayer; homo man + caedere to cut, kill. See Homage, and cf. Concise,Shed, v. t.]
1. The killing of one human being by another.
Note: Homicide is of three kinds: justifiable, as when the killing is performed in the exercise of a right or performance of a duty; excusable, as when done, although not as duty or right, yet without culpable or criminal intent; and felonious, or involving what the law terms malice; the latter may be either manslaughter or murder. Bouvier.
2. One who kills another; a manslayer. Chaucer. Shak.
HOMIFORMHom"i*form, a. Etym: [L. homo man + -form.]
Defn: In human form. [Obs.] Cudworth.
HOMILETEHom"i*lete, n.
Defn: A homilist.
HOMILETIC; HOMILETICALHom`i*let"ic, Hom`i*let"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. homilétique. SeeHomily.]
1. Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable. [R.] His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister. Atterbury.
2. Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory.
HOMILETICSHom`i*let"ics, n. Etym: [Cf. F. homilétique.]
Defn: The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.
HOMILISTHom"i*list, n.
Defn: One who prepares homilies; one who preaches to a congregation.
HOMILITEHom"i*lite, n. Etym: [From Gr. (Min.)
Defn: A borosilicate of iron and lime, near datolite in form and composition.
HOMILYHom"i*ly, n.; pl. Homilies. Etym: [LL. homilia, Gr. homélie. SeeSame.]
1. A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse. Shak.
2. A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life. As I have heard my father Deal out in his long homilies. Byron. Book of Homilies. A collection of authorized, printed sermons, to be read by ministers in churches, esp. one issued in the time of Edward VI., and a second, issued in the reign of Elizabeth; — both books being certified to contain a "godly and wholesome doctrine."
HOMINGHom"ing, a.
Defn: Home-returning; — used specifically of carrier pigeons.
HOMINY Hom"i*ny, n. Etym: [From North American Indian auhúminea parched corn.]
Defn: Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water. [U.S.] [Written also homony.]
HOMISHHom"ish, a.
Defn: Like a home or a home circle.Quiet, cheerful, homish hospital life. E. E. Hale.
HOMMOCKHom"mock, n.
Defn: A small eminence of a conical form, of land or of ice; a knoll; a hillock. See Hummock. Bartram.
HOMMOCKYHom"mock*y, a.
Defn: Filled with hommocks; piled in the form of hommocks; — said of ice.
HOMO-Ho"mo-.
Defn: A combining form from Gr. "omo`s, one and the same, common, joint.
HOMOCATEGORICHo`mo*cat`e*gor"ic, a. Etym: [Homo- + categoric.] (Biol.)
Defn: Belonging to the same category of individuality; — a morphological term applied to organisms so related.
HOMOCENTRICHo`mo*cen"tric, a. Etym: [Gr. homocentrique.]
Defn: Having the same center.
HOMOCERCALHo`mo*cer"cal, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; — opposed to heterocercal.
HOMOCERCYHo"mo*cer`cy, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The possession of a homocercal tail.
HOMOCEREBRINHo`mo*cer`e*brin, n. Etym: [Homo- + rebrin.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A body similar to, or identical with, cerebrin.
HOMOCHROMOUSHo`mo*chro"mous, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having all the florets in the same flower head of the same color.
HOMODEMICHo`mo*dem"ic, a. Etym: [Homo- + 1st deme, 2.] (Biol.)
Defn: A morphological term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior orders of individuality.
HOMODERMICHo`mo*der"mic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer.
HOMODERMYHo"mo*der`my, n. Etym: [Homo- + -derm.] (Biol.)
Defn: Homology of the germinal layers.
HOMODONTHom"o*dont, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; — opposed to heterodont.
HOMODROMAL; HOMODROMOUSHo*mod"ro*mal, Ho*mod"ro*mous, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Running in the same direction; — said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.
2. (Mech.)
Defn: Moving in the same direction; — said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis.
HOMODYNAMICHo`mo*dy*nam"ic, a.
Defn: Homodynamous. Quain.
HOMODYNAMOUSHo`mo*dy"na*mous, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy; as, successive or homodynamous parts in plants and animals.
HOMODYNAMYHo`mo*dy"na*my, n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: The homology of metameres. See Metamere. Gegenbaur.
HOMOEOMERIAHo`moe*o*me"ri*a, n. Etym: [L., from Gr.
Defn: The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of parts.
HOMOEOMERIC; HOMOEOMERICALHo`moe*o*mer"ic, Ho`moe*o*mer"ic*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts; receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of elements or first principles.
HOMOEOMEROUSHo`moe*om"er*ous, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; — said of certain birds.
HOMOEOMERYHo`moe*om"e*ry, n. Etym: [Gr. -metry.]
Defn: Same as Homoeomeria. [Obs.] Cudworth.
HOMOEOMORPHISMHo`moe*o*mor"phism, n. Etym: [See Homoeomorphous.]
Defn: A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See Isomorphism.
HOMOEOMORPHOUSHo`moe*o*mor"phous, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Manifesting homoeomorphism.
HOMOEOPATHIC; HOMOEOPATHIST; HOMOEOPATHYHo`moe*o*path"ic, a., Ho`moe*op"a*thist, n., Ho`moe*op"a*thy, n.
Defn: Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy.
HOMOEOTHERMALHo`moe*o*ther"mal, a.
Defn: See Homoiothermal.
HOMOEOZOICHo`moe*o*zo"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of life; as, homoeozoic belts on the earth's surface. E. Forbes.
HOMOGAMOUSHo*mog"a*mous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having all the flowers alike; — said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels.
HOMOGAMYHo*mog"a*my, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The condition of being homogamous.
HOMOGANGLIATEHo`mo*gan"gli*ate, a. Etym: [Homo- + gangliate.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain invertebrates; — opposed to heterogangliate.
HOMOGENEHo"mo*gene, a. Etym: [Cf. F. homogène.]
Defn: Homogeneous. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
HOMOGENEALHo`mo*ge"ne*al, a.
Defn: Homogeneous.
HOMOGENEALNESSHo`mo*ge"ne*al*ness, n.
Defn: Homogeneousness.
HOMOGENEITYHo`mo*ge*ne"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. homogénéité.]
Defn: Same as Homogeneousness.
HOMOGENEOUSHo`mo*ge"ne*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. homogène. See Same, and Kin.]
1. Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature; — opposed to heterogeneous; as, homogeneous particles, elements, or principles; homogeneous bodies.
2. (Alg.)
Defn: Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial.
HOMOGENEOUSNESSHo`mo*ge"ne*ous*ness, n.
Defn: Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of structure or material.
HOMOGENESISHo`mo*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Homo- + genesis.] (Biol.)
Defn: That method of reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; — opposed to heterogenesis.
HOMOGENETICHo`mo*ge*net"ic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Homogenous; — applied to that class of homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are taken as evidences of common ancestry.
HOMOGENOUSHo*mog"e*nous, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a common progenitor with subsequent modification; homogenetic; — applied both to animals and plants. See Homoplastic.
HOMOGENYHo*mog"e*ny, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. Joint nature. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: The correspondence of common descent; — a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in both are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently since the divergence of both groups from a univentricular ancestor.
HOMOGONOUSHo*mog"o*nous, a. Etym: [Gr. Homogeneous.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils.
HOMOGONYHo*mog"o*ny, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The condition of having homogonous flowers.
HOMOGRAPH Hom"o*graph, n. Etym: [Gr. "omo`grafos with the same letters; "omo`s the same + gra`fein to write.] (Philol.)
Defn: One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.
HOMOGRAPHICHo`mo*graph"ic, a.
1. Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; — said of certain methods of spelling words.
2. (Geom.)
Defn: Possessing the property of homography.
HOMOGRAPHYHo*mog"ra*phy, n.
1. That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other.
2. (Geom.)
Defn: A relation between two figures, such that to any point of the one corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa. Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed tangents of the circle in two sets of points that are homographic.
HOMOIOPTOTONHo*moi`op*to"ton, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally.
HOMOIOTHERMALHo*moi`o*ther"mal, a. Etym: [Gr. thermal.] (Physiol.)
Defn: Maintaining a uniform temperature; hæmatothermal; homothermic; — applied to warm-bodied animals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium.
HOMOIOUSIAN Ho`moi*ou"si*an, n. Etym: [Gr. "o`moios + o'ysi`a the substance, being, essence.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that theSon was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with theFather; — opposed to homoousian.
HOMOIOUSIANHo`moi*ou"si*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Homoiousians, or their belief.
HOMOLOGATEHo*mol"o*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Homologated; p. pr. & vb. n.Homologating.] Etym: [LL. homologatus, p.p. of homologare tohomologate; Gr. Homologous.] (Civ. Law)
Defn: To approve; to allow; to confirm; as, the court homologates a proceeding. Wheaton.
HOMOLOGATIONHo*mol`o*ga"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. homologation.] (Civ. & Scots Law)
Defn: Confirmation or ratification (as of something otherwise null and void), by a court or a grantor.
HOMOLOGICALHo`mo*log"ic*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to homology; having a structural affinity proceeding from, or base upon, that kind of relation termed homology. — Ho`mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
HOMOLOGINICHo*mol`o*gin"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or characterized by, homology; as, homologinic qualities, or differences.
HOMOLOGIZEHo*mol"o*gize, v. t. (Biol.)
Defn: To determine the homologies or structural relations of.
HOMOLOGONHo*mol"o*gon, n. Etym: [NL.]
Defn: See Homologue.
HOMOLOGOUMENAHom`o*lo*gou"me*na, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Homologous.]
Defn: Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; — distinguished from antilegomena.
HOMOLOGOUSHo*mol"o*gous, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure. Especially: (a) (Geom.) Corresponding in relative position and proportion. In similar polygons, the corresponding sides, angles, diagonals, etc., are homologous. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ). (b) (Alg.)
Defn: Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion. (c) (Chem.) Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology,
3. (d) (Biol.) Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in thier relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates. Homologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus.
HOMOLOGRAPHIC Hom`o*lo*graph"ic, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. graph + -ic; but cf. F. homalographique, Gr.
Defn: Preserving the mutual relations of parts, especially as to size and form; maintaining relative proportion. Homolographic projection, a method of constructing geographical charts or maps, so that the surfaces, as delineated on a plane, have the same relative size as the real surfaces; that is, so that the relative actual areas of the different countries are accurately represented by the corresponding portions of the map.
HOMOLOGUEHom"o*logue, n. Etym: [Cf. F. homologue. See Homologous.]
Defn: That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale.
HOMOLOGYHo*mol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. Homologous.]
1. The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: Correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in structure between the leg and arm of a man; or that between the arm of a man, the fore leg of a horse, the wing of a bird, and the fin of a fish, all these organs being modifications of one type of structure.
Note: Homology indicates genetic relationship, and according to Haeckel special homology should be defined in terms of identity of embryonic origin. See Homotypy, and Homogeny.
3. (Chem.)
Defn: The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small, regular difference, and usually attended by a regular variation in physical properties; as, there is an homology between methane, CH4, ethane, C2H6, propane, C3H8, etc., all members of the paraffin series. In an extended sense, the term is applied to the relation between chemical elements of the same group; as, chlorine, bromine, and iodine are said to be in homology with each other. Cf. Heterology. General homology (Biol.), the higher relation which a series of parts, or a single part, bears to the fundamental or general type on which the group is constituted. Owen. — Serial homology (Biol.), representative or repetitive relation in the segments of the same organism, — as in the lobster, where the parts follow each other in a straight line or series. Owen. See Homotypy. — Special homology (Biol.), the correspondence of a part or organ with those of a different animal, as determined by relative position and connection. Owen.
HOMOMALLOUSHo*mom"al*lous, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Uniformly bending or curving to one side; — said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.
HOMOMORPHIC; HOMOMORPHOUSHo`mo*mor"phic, Ho`mo*mor"phous, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Characterized by homomorphism.
HOMOMORPHISMHo`mo*mor"phism, n. Etym: [See Homomorphous.]
1. (Biol.)
Defn: Same as Homomorphy.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: The possession, in one species of plants, of only one kind of flowers; — opposed to heteromorphism, dimorphism, and trimorphism.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The possession of but one kind of larvæ or young, as in most insects.
HOMOMORPHYHo"mo*mor`phy, n. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology.