A dwelling house; the house or place in which one resides. He was not at home. Then the disciples went away again to their own home. John 20:10. Home is the sacred refuge of our life.

One’s own country. Let affairs at home be well managed by the administration.

The place of constant residence; the seat. Flandria, by plenty, made the home of war.

The grave; death; or a future state. Man goeth to his long home. Ecclesiastes 12:5.

The present state of existence. Whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. Corinthians 5:6.

Close; severe; poignant; as a home thrust.

To one’s own habitation; as in the phrases, go home, come home, bring home, carry home.

To one’s own country. Home is opposed to abroad, or in a foreign country. My brother will return home in the first ship from India.

Close; closely; to the point; as, this consideration comes home to our interest, that is, it nearly affects it. Drive the nail home, that is, drive it close. To haul home the top-sail sheets, in seamen’s language, is to draw the bottom of the top-sail close to the yard-arm by means of the sheets. An anchor is said to come home, when it loosens from the ground by the violence of the wind or current.