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home 1. the environment or habitat of a person or animal 2. a. a building or organization set up to care for orphans, the aged, etc. b. an informal name for a mental home 3. Sport one's own ground 4. a. the objective towards which a player strives in certain sports b. an area where a player is safe from attack 5. Lacrosse a. one of two positions of play nearest the opponents' goal b. a player assigned to such a position 6. Baseball another name for home plate 7. Sport relating to one's own ground Home Baron. See (Baron) Home of the Hirsel |
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So now all who escaped death in battle or by shipwreck had got safely home except Ulysses, and he, though he was longing to return to his wife and country, was detained by the goddess Calypso, who had got him into a large cave and wanted to marry him. The ant and bee learned generosity, the butterfly and bird contentment, the mole and worm confidence in the love of others; and each went to their home better for the little time they had been with Violet. However, we managed to settle down--though I remember that in our new home there was much noise and confusion as we set the establishment in order. |
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