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homeward bound

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homeward bound [¦hōm·wərd ′bau̇nd]
(navigation)
Of a vessel or person, headed for the home port or country.
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muttered Ahab; then aloud, Thou art a full ship and homeward bound, thou sayest; well, then, call me an empty ship, and outward-bound.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
You see I was afraid she might be homeward bound, and I had no mind to turn back from the portals of the East.
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